Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt’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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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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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 best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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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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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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