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  • #1
    Marcus Aurelius
    “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

  • #2
    Epictetus
    “Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
    Epictetus

  • #3
    Marcus Aurelius
    “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

  • #4
    Marcus Aurelius
    “How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

  • #5
    Marcus Aurelius
    “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

  • #6
    Marcus Aurelius
    “Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.”
    Marcus Aurelius

  • #7
    Marcus Aurelius
    “Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

  • #8
    Marcus Aurelius
    “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

  • #9
    Epictetus
    “Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
    he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
    Epictetus

  • #10
    Epictetus
    “The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
    Epictetus

  • #11
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “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

  • #12
    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #13
    Lao Tzu
    “The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #14
    Lao Tzu
    “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

  • #15
    Lao Tzu
    “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

  • #16
    Lao Tzu
    “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #17
    Lao Tzu
    “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #18
    Lao Tzu
    “Manifest plainness,
    Embrace simplicity,
    Reduce selfishness,
    Have few desires.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #19
    Lao Tzu
    “If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #20
    Lao Tzu
    “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

  • #21
    Lao Tzu
    “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #22
    Lao Tzu
    “Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #23
    Lao Tzu
    “The Way to do is to be.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #24
    Lao Tzu
    “So the unwanting soul
    sees what's hidden,
    and the ever-wanting soul
    sees only what it wants.”
    Lao Tzu

  • #25
    Lao Tzu
    “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

  • #26
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #27
    Niels Bohr
    “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

  • #28
    Michel de Montaigne
    “He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
    Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

  • #29
    Epictetus
    “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
    Epictetus

  • #30
    Mother Teresa
    “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
    Mother Teresa



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