Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
MARCUS AURELIUSVery little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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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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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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