When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.
Marcus Aurelius
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
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Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the service of man. Second, to change your opinion whenever anyone at hand sets you right and unsettles you in an opinion, but this change of opinion should come only because you are persuaded that something is just or to the public advantage, not because it appears pleasant or increases your reputation.
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Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised.
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It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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