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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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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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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

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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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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.