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The universe is flux, life is opinion.

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It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

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You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement, and to possess a large room for yourself embracing in tho...more

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Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity.

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke...more

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If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the...more

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When you run up against someone else’s shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shamelessness possible?No. Then don’t ask the impossible. ...more

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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

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When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don't stay upset longer than the experience lasts; for you'll ...more

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The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole composition of the body tending to corrupti...more

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Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.

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Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would ha...more

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If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spiri...more

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It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.

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It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible...more