Soon you will have forgotten all things: soon all things will have forgotton you. - Marcus Aurelius
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.
-Marcus Aurelius
It is the power of
the mind to be unconquerable.”
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The things you
think about determine the quality of your mind.”
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What really
frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in
which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our
interpretation of their significance.”
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If what you have
seems insufficient to you, then though you possess the world, you will yet be
miserable.”
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It is more
necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than
to live badly.”
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The universe is
change, and life mere opinion.”
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Unless you learn
your lesson, it will keep hurting. Not only it will never stop, it will also
keep increasing the amount, so you won’t get used to it.”
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No man is good by
chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.”
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You are indeed a
man of sorrows and have suffered much...pray be seated now, here on this chair,
and let us leave our sorrows, bitter though they are, locked up in our own
hearts, for weeping is cold comfort and does little good.”
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I begin to speak
only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.” – Cato
When we are no
longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change
ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
Speak ill of yourself
when by yourself; then you will become accustomed both to speak and to hear the
truth.
- Seneca
Begin at once to live, and
count each separate day as a separate life. Seneca
Stop drifting… Sprint to the
finish. Write off your hopes, and if your well- being matters to you, be your
own savior while you can. Marcus Aurelius
Better to trip with the feet
than with the tongue.Zeno
If a man knows not to which
port he sails, no wind is favourable.-Seneca
Ask yourself at every moment,
‘’Is this necessary”? Marcus Aurelius
You will earn the respect of
all men if you begin by earning the respect of yourself.
Musonius Rufus
It is not the things that upset us, but our
judgements about those things. Epictetus
