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    William Shakespeare
    “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
    ― William Shakespear, Hamlet
    tags: philosophy
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “When people injure you, ask yourself what good or harm they thought would come of it. If you understand that, you'll feel sympathy rather than outrage or anger. Your sense of good and evil may be the same as theirs, or near it, in which case you have to excuse them. Or your sense of good and evil may differ from theirs. In which case they're misguided and deserve your compassion. Is that so hard?”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: marcus-aurelius, meditations, philosophy, stoic
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    I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.
    “I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice.”
    ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Look at the past—empire succeeding empire—and from that, extrapolate the future: the same thing. No escape from the rhythm of events. Which is why observing life for forty years is as good as a thousand. Would you really see anything new?”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “Constantly observe who those are whose approval you wish to have, and what ruling principles they possess. For then you will neither blame those who offend involuntarily, nor will you want their approval, if you look to the sources of their opinions and appetites.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated & Explained
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    Mitch Albom
    “Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”
    ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “18. Enter their minds, and you’ll find the judges you’re so afraid of—and how judiciously they judge themselves.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: character, public-opinion
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    Carol Rifka Brunt
    “Maybe you had to be dying to finally get to do what you wanted.

    I fidgeted around with the puzzle pieces for a while longer, but I wasn't lucky. Nothing seemed to fit without a whole lot of work.

    Then I had this thought: What if it was enough to realize that you would die someday, that none of this would go on forever? Would that be enough?”
    ― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home
    tags: choices, dying, philosophy-of-life
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    Jonathan Safran Foer
    “I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything”
    ― Jonathan Safran Foer
    tags: personal
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “13. Someone despises me. That’s their problem. Mine: not to do or say anything despicable. Someone hates me. Their problem. Mine: to be patient and cheerful with everyone, including them. Ready to show them their mistake. Not spitefully, or to show off my own self-control, but in an honest, upright way.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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    “The essence of heroism is to die so that others can live.”
    ― Arrow
    tags: heroism
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    Neil Gaiman
    “But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
    tags: cost, desire
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    Pythagoras
    “No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.”
    ― Pythagoras
    tags: individuation, know-thyself
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    Marilyn Monroe
    “try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
    tags: enjoy, life, marilyn-monroe, miserable
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    Pythagoras
    “Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Milan Kundera
    “And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”
    ― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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    Pythagoras
    “No man is free who cannot control himself.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Freequill
    “Is the deer crossing the road, or is the road crossing the forest?”
    ― Freequill
    tags: contemplation, environment, interesting, life, nature, thought-provoking, wildlife
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “The man who kills a man kills a man.
    The man who kills himself kills all men.
    As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
    tags: death, suicide
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    Pythagoras
    “Above all things, respect yourself.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Pythagoras
    “Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Rohinton Mistry
    “Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.”
    ― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
    tags: insanity, madness, sanity
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    Pythagoras
    “Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Robert S. Mulliken
    “I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide.”
    ― Robert S. Mulliken, Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory
    tags: courage, funny, hedonism, humor, interesting, life, meaning, meaning-of-life, molecular-orbital-theory, nobel-laureate, purpose, purpose-of-life, rationality, science, scientific-hedonism, scientist, study, study-of-science, suicide
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    Pythagoras
    “It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.”
    ― Pythagoras
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    Ljupka Cvetanova
    “If time is money, how much is a lifetime?”
    ― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
    tags: cost, life, lifetime, man, money, quote, sell, spending-money, spending-time, time
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    Pythagoras
    “As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.”
    ― Pythagoras
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  • #30
    Sophocles
    “We begin in the dark
    and birth is the death of us”
    ― Sophocles, Antigone
    tags: birth, death
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