On ego & peace
Make peace with the fact that people will always see their own version of you in their minds. You don't have to be responsible for who they think you are. More quotes I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known. — Confucius Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer If you are pained by anything external, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgement of it. — Marcus Aurelius Your dad's same old story is tiring, until you would give everything to hear him tell it one more time. — Anonymous We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. — Seneca Things are not so painful and difficult in themselves, but our weakness and cowardice make them so. — Michel de Montaigne The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear. When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear? — Confucius It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca If you wish to improve, be content to appear foolish and stupid regarding externals. — Epictetus Look at your wardrobe. Your routines. Your meals. Your home. Ask yourself if they reflect the person you want to be. If not, start editing. — Anonymous A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man! — Lao Tzu The cost of a thing is the amount of life it requires to be exchanged for it. — Henry David Thoreau