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“Everything that belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream and vapor, and life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. What then can guide a man? One thing and only one, philosophy.”
― Marcus Aurelius
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“The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
― Viktor E. Frankl
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“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper.”
― David Lynch
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“The brain is the most powerful weapon in the world.”
― David Goggins
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“True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient.”
― Seneca
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“First of all we have to decide what we are to do and what manner of men we wish to be - the most difficult problem in the world.”
― Cicero
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“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.”
― Marcus Aurelius
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“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.”
― Chuck Close
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“To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.”
― Seneca
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“The worth of virtue lies in action.”
― Cicero
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“If you need a witness, be your own.”
― Epictetus
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“I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land.”
― Seneca
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“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”
― Seneca
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“The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
— Seneca
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