Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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