The directing mind is that which wakes itself, adapts itself, makes itself of whatever nature it wishes, and makes all that happens to appear in the way it wants.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river: The ‘what’ is in constant flux, the ‘why’ has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what’s right here.
Give your heart to the trade you have learnt, and draw refreshment from it. Let the rest of your days be spent as one who has whole-heartedly committed his all to the gods and is thenceforth no man’s master or slave.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each one of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Today I escaped from anxiety.Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions; not outside.
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
If any man despises me, it is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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.
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?
That all is as thinking makes it so, and you control your thinking. So remove your judgments whenever you wish and then there is calm.
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
You take things you don’t control and define them as ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ And so of course when the ‘bad’ things happen, or the ‘good’ ones don’t, you blame the gods and feel hatred for the people responsible, or those you decide to make responsible.
Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?
You have power over your mind; not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What’s closer to nature’s heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood as it was? Eat food without transforming it? Can any vital process take place without something being changed?
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
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