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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 harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance."
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
"Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us."
"One of the recurring themes in Marcus' handbook is leadership's responsibility to work intelligently with what it is given and not waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices."
"Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours."
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"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."
"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself."
"I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people."
"The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts."
"All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else. For things are interdependent, and they combine to form this universal order. There is only one universe made up of all things, and one creator who pervades them; there is one substance and one law, namely, common reason in all thinking creatures, and all truth is one-if, as we believe, there is only one path of perfection for all beings who share the same mind."
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts."
"When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that good equals money, or pleasure, or a bit of fame. By being mindful of this you'll quickly forget your anger, especially if you realize that the person was under stress, and could do little else. And, if you can, find a way to alleviate that stress."
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
"Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you."
"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."
"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."
"A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values."