A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
MARCUS AURELIUSConfine yourself to the present.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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When 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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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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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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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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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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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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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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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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