"How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life"
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"All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you."
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"Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to universal nature? Can you take your bath without the firewood undergoing a change? Can you eat without the food undergoing a change? And can anything useful be done without change? Don't you see that for you to change is just the same, and is equally necessary for universal nature?"
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"Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about."
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"The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away."
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"Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them."
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"Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color."
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"Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you."
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"Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited."
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"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
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"It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own."
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"For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind."
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"Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life."
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"Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil."
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"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."
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"Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them."
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"Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good."
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"Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again."
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"A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions."
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"Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life."
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