The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
MARCUS AURELIUSDeath 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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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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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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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