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?

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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

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Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

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Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

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