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52 – Contemplate
Read more…: 52 – Contemplate“Acquire the contemplative way of seeing how all things change into one another, and constantly attend to it, and exercise yourself in this part of philosophy. For nothing is so well suited to produce magnanimity.” – Marcus Aurelius
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51- Judge Precisely
Read more…: 51- Judge Precisely“If someone bathes quickly, don’t say he doesn’t bathe properly, say he bathes quickly. If someone drinks a lot, don’t say he is a drunk, say he drinks a lot. Unless you know their reasons for their actions how can you be sure of your…
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50 – No Need to Envy Others
Read more…: 50 – No Need to Envy Others“When you confine yourself to only those things that are under your control, you cannot be defeated. Don’t be fooled by outward appearances. People with more prestige, power, or some other distinction are not necessarily happier because of what they have. There is no reason…
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49 – Inner Resources
Read more…: 49 – Inner Resources“Remember that for every challenge you face, you have the resources within you to cope with that challenge. If you are inappropriately attracted to someone, you will find you have the resource of self-restraint. When you have pain, you have the resource of endurance. When…
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48 – Judgments
Read more…: 48 – Judgments“If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now.” – Marcus Aurelius
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47 – What is Death?
Read more…: 47 – What is Death?“He who fears death fears either the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if you shall have no sensation, neither will you feel any harm; and if you will acquire another kind of sensation, you will be a different kind of…
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46 – Be Good Now
Read more…: 46 – Be Good Now“No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.” – Marcus Aurelius
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45 – Arguing to Stone
Read more…: 45 – Arguing to Stone“If a man objects to truths that are all too evident, it is no easy task finding arguments that will change his mind. This is proof neither of his own strength nor of his teacher’s weakness. When someone caught in an argument hardens to stone,…
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44 – A Brief Existence
Read more…: 44 – A Brief Existence“A brief existence is common to all things, and yet you avoid and pursue all things as if they would be eternal.” – Marcus Aurelius
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43 – Pleasure as Punishment
Read more…: 43 – Pleasure as Punishment“Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.” – Seneca
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