Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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