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 AURELIUSThe things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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Life is opinion.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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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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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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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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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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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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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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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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