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 AURELIUSYou have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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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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Life is opinion.
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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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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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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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