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"A few Epitaphs in Writing - Encryptions in Stone - Or Writings on Water"?
~Equals~ Doing my morning reading exercises to better myself-and finding the strength to go on. N.O.P.E.
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Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) etal~
Chinese philosopher & reformer "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles"
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Confucius: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
Confucius: "When anger rises, think of the consequences."
Babylonian Talmud: "Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were."
Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965:
"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD):
"If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods."
Confucious "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake."
Confucious: "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
