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“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

tags: equanimity, future, inspirational, reason, stoic, stoicism, worry

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“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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“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."

(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)”
― Albert Einstein

tags: disagreement, dissent, equanimity, expressing, knowledge, opinions, prejudices, social, society, thought

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“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.”
― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny

tags: acceptance, angels, bad-choices, bliss, calmness, choices-and-consequences, composure, decisions, destiny, ego, egocentrism, egomaniac, egotistical, endurance, equanimity, fate, forbearance, fortitude, free-will, future, going-with-the-flow, happiness, happiness-quotes, idiom, idioms, inner-peace, inner-strength, life-lessons, long-suffering, manifestation, manifesting, outcomes, patience, peace-of-mind, perseverance, predictions, restless-heart, restlessness, restraint, self-control, serenity, spilt, stillness-of-the-mind, stoicism, tolerance, tranquility, unconditional-love, yielding

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“Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.”
― Bohdi Sanders, Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior