It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
MARCUS AURELIUSNever 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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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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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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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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