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Accept death in a cheerful spirit, as nothing but the dissolution of the elements from which each living thing is composed.

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 Accept death in a cheerful spirit, as nothing but the dissolution of the elements from which each living thing is composed.

Dec 14,2023

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Let it happen, if it wants, to whatever it can happen to. And what’s affected can complain about it if it wants. It doesn’t

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 Let it happen, if it wants, to whatever it can happen to. And what’s affected can complain about it if it wants. It doesn’t

Feb 23,2022

105

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Remind yourself that past and future have no power over you. Only the present — and even that can be minimized. Just mark

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 Remind yourself that past and future have no power over you. Only the present — and even that can be minimized. Just mark

Jan 22,2022

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Beautiful things of any kind are beautiful in themselves and sufficient to themselves. Praise is extraneous. The object

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 Beautiful things of any kind are beautiful in themselves and sufficient to themselves. Praise is extraneous. The object

Nov 10,2021

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Others obey their own lead, follow their own impulses. Don’t be distracted. Keep walking. Follow your own nature, and

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 Others obey their own lead, follow their own impulses. Don’t be distracted. Keep walking. Follow your own nature, and

Mar 15,2021

126

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The foolishness of people who are surprised by anything that happens. Like travelers amazed at foreign customs.

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 The foolishness of people who are surprised by anything that happens. Like travelers amazed at foreign customs.

Feb 28,2021

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You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.

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 You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.

Feb 08,2021

126

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It’s the pursuit of these things, and your attempts to avoid them, that leave you in such turmoil. And yet they aren’t

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 It’s the pursuit of these things, and your attempts to avoid them, that leave you in such turmoil. And yet they aren’t

Jan 15,2021

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There is no common benchmark for all the things that people think are good — except for a few, the ones that affect us all.

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 There is no common benchmark for all the things that people think are good — except for a few, the ones that affect us all.

Jan 02,2021

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If, when it’s time to depart, you shunt everything aside except your mind and the divinity within… if it isn’t ceasing to

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 If, when it’s time to depart, you shunt everything aside except your mind and the divinity within… if it isn’t ceasing to

Dec 28,2020

108

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When people injure you, ask yourself what good or harm they thought would come of it. If you understand that, you’ll

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 When people injure you, ask yourself what good or harm they thought would come of it. If you understand that, you’ll

Nov 20,2020

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Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen

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 Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen

Nov 08,2020

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