The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe 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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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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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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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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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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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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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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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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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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