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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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