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

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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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You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

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

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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

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Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

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Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

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Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

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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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