Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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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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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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