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#1

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: empowerment, marcus-aurelius, mind, philosophy, self-improvement, stoicism, thoughts

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#2

“Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
― Epictetus

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#3

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: history, rome, soul, thoughts, wisdom

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#4

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: anger

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#5

“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook

tags: giving, goals, goals-in-life, life, mortality, priorities

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#6

“Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.”
― Marcus Aurelius

tags: death, dying

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#7

“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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#8

“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: equanimity, opinion

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#9

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
― Epictetus

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#10

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
― Epictetus

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#11

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: gratitude

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#12

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed

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#13

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

tags: apothegm, beauty, truth

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#14

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: misattributed, misattributed-lao-tzu

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#15

“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: contentment

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#16

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
― Lao Tzu

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#17

“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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#18

“Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.”
― Lao Tzu

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#19

“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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#20

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: actions, character, destiny, habits, thoughts, words

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#21

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
― Lao Tzu

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#22

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: contemplation, proverb

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#23

“The Way to do is to be.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: meditation, self-awareness, self-discovery

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#24

“So the unwanting soul
sees what's hidden,
and the ever-wanting soul
sees only what it wants.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: greed, soul

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#25

“True words aren't eloquent;
eloquent words aren't true.
Wise men don't need to prove their point;
men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

The Master has no possessions.
The more he does for others,
the happier he is.
The more he gives to others,
the wealthier he is.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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#26

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, attributed-no-source, difference, paradox, significance

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#27

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
― Niels Bohr

tags: paradoxes, science, truth

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#28

“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

tags: fear, paradox, suffer, suffering

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#29

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
― Epictetus

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#30

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: attributed-no-source

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