If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
MARCUS AURELIUSWhen you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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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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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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