The absence of high-quality ...

The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity.
The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity.
 Tom Rath

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 Steven Pressfield
If one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.
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