"Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."
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"It is not the body, nor the personality that is the true self. The true self is eternal. Even on the point of death we can say to ourselves, "my true self is free. I cannot be contained.""
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"I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions."
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"Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses."
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"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge."
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"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
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"Everything that happens, happens as it should."
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"Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind."
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"Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul."
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"It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think."
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"Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts."
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"All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of those whom we have buried."
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"Submit to the fate of your own free will."
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"Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding."
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"Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature."
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"Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy."
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"What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has viewed carefully and by examination into their nature the things which happen in life? Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own, as the stomach which is strengthened makes all things its own, as the blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it."
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"You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness to be angry with them as it is to abandon your plan of action and give up through fear."
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"Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible."
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"If it's in your control, why do you do it? If it's in someone else's control, then who are you blaming? Atoms? The gods? Stupid either way. Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage."
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