"Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness."
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"Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself."
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"Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after."
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"How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that vital spark within you free from damage and degradation, using it to transcend pain and pleasure, doing everything with a purpose, avoiding lies and hypocrisy, not relying on another person's actions or failings. To accept everything that comes, and everything that is given, as coming from that same spiritual source."
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"Your life is an expression of all your thoughts."
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"Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them."
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"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now."
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"Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around."
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"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look."
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"Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds."
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"If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt."
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"Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is dead and buried or shrouded in uncertainty. Short is the life we lead, and small our patch of earth."
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"It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own."
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"Nature set a limit on sleep - as it did on eating and drinking. And youre over the limit. But not of working. There youre still below your quota. You dont love yourself enough. Or youd love your nature too and what it demands of you. People who love what they do wear themselves down doing it. They even forget to wash and eat."
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"Without a purpose, nothing should be done."
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"Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears."
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"He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate and justifiable, better uses his time."
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"Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live."
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"My true Self is free. I cannot be contained."
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"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
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