A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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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 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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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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