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Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.

I tell myself that if I start to listen to these people and start to let them decide how I should behave and what I should do, then this is not my life - it's theirs.

In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.

It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.

I don't expect to try to get people to like everything I do. I want them to respect what I do.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.