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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.

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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

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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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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

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Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

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Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

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