It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf 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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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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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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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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 well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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