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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
– Epictetus

They who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites.
-Seneca the Younger

Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
-Marcus Aurelius

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
-Marcus Aurelius

It doesn’t take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason.
– Epictetus

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
-Seneca the Younger

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present – I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
-Marcus Aurelius

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.
-Seneca the Younger

Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being.
-Marcus Aurelius

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
-Marcus Aurelius