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“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: open-mindedness, prejudice, truth

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#2

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: empathy, honesty, self-awareness

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#3

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

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#4

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: conduct-of-life, injury, revenge

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#5

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

tags: truth

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#6

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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#7

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: inspirational, love

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#8

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength

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#9

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: charlie, favourite-books, inspirational, sad, soul-searching, wallflower

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#10

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: happiness

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#11

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: integrity, morality

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#12

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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#13

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929

tags: fact, ignorance, truth

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#14

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: belief, death, ideals, martyr, truth

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#15

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon

tags: beatles, dragons, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, fairies, faith, mythology, nightmares, reality, truth

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