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The world problem is your problem. To understand the world, you must understand yourself. To transform the world, you must regenerate yourself.
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A man who merely believes in reincarnation has not understood the whole problem of death and sorrow, and when he believes in that particular theory he is trying to escape from the fact of death.
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In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. -Paul Harvey
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If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. -Lao Tzu
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To understand attachment, first stop battling against it and, so being calm, become aware of the significance, the inward nature and implication of it. Let that awareness flower and bring out the hidden causes.
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Mere knowledge becomes an addiction, another, perhaps a subtler, form of distraction; reading and acquiring information are distractions.
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Weak people revenge.
Strong people forgive.
Intelligent people ignore.
-Albert Einstein
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. -Chinese proverb
To Epictetus philosophy was a way of life; not just a theoretical discipline. All external events are beyond our control; accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, we are responsible for our own actions, which we can examine and control through self-discipline.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. So said Paul Cezanne. Awareness (self awareness) is so important.