A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
Michel de Montaigne
Tag Archives: Opinion
How important is your opinion?
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We cling to our point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions pass like Autumn and winter.
Chuang Tzu
How do you view yourself?
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.”
Henry David Thoreau
Not having an opinion
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You always own the option of having no opinion. Things you can’t control are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
Marcus Aurelius
Care for opinions
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
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Whos opinion matters?
It never ceases to amaze me: We all love oerselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
Marcus Aurelius
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Raise your voice
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
William Faulkner