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“To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. To master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength.”

— Laozi, Daodejing, Hinton tr. (Ch 33)

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Δει φέρειν τα των θεών.

- Euripides, Phoenissae

We have to endure what the gods send.

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Stoicism.

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“The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”

– Marcus Aurelius

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Be aware of the difference between hearing, knowing, understanding and feeling

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I felt home when you welcomed me. Now, I'm homeless because you left.

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For the first time, I belonged. But lately, I feel left.

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If you're leaving-- bring my heart.

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Disney Facial Expressions

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“Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person’s essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?”

— Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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“I’m not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.”

— Unknown

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Interior Dreams

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