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“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.”
—Marcus Aurelius
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
—Lao Tzu
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
—Marcus Aurelius
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
—Seneca
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
—Seneca
“This is harder than it first appears: Try in thine own experience, each; that ye speak not for one whole day unkindly of any; that ye say not a harsh word to any, about any; and see what [such] a day would bring to you . . .”
—Edgar Cayce
“Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.”
—Epictetus
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
—Lao Tzu
“My own mind is my own church.”
—Thomas Paine