Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.

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In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present 'I am rising to a man's work.'

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Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

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This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part which governs.

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Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

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To shrug it all off and wipe it clean—every annoyance and distraction—and reach utter stillness. Child’s play.

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Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

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Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

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