Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe 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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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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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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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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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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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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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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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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