In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
MARCUS AURELIUSEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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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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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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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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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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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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