“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.”
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
