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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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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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Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

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In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I a...more

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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

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Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

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Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed;...more

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striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.

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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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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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Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

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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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Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.