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 at any moment.

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What we do in life ripples in eternity.

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The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

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Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness and, if given the chance, you gently point out where they went wrong—right as they are trying to harm you? — Marcus Aurelius

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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

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Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

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History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. — Mark Twain

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.

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