Suffering other people’s unkindness must be difficult too; all those bitter, less attractive people, jealous and resentful of your beauty. That’s incredibly unfair of them. After all, beautiful people didn’t ask to be born that way. It’s as
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“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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