Marcus Aurelius

• Marcus Aurelius

  All things fade and quickly turn to myth.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  The only thing that isn’t worthless is to live this life out truthfully and rightly. And be patient with those who don’t.

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  Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

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  Other people’s mistakes? Leave them to their makers.

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  Almost nothing material is needed for a happy life, for he who has understood existence.

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  Blame and praise have no true effects.

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  Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

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  I do not regard a man as poor if the little which remains is enough for him.

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  Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  Other people’s mistakes? Leave them to their makers.

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  Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.

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  Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

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  If you’re honest, straightforward, and mean well, it should show in your eyes. It should be unmistakable.

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  The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

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  People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time – even when hard at work.

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  If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

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  Self-reliance, always – and cheerfulness

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  Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

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  If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

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  How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it?

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  Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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  What are you afraid of losing, when nothing in the world actually belongs to you?

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  Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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  Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up if thou wilt ever dig

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  I do what is mine to do; the rest does not disturb me.

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  The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  A man standing by a clear, sweet water spring and cursing it. Meanwhile, the freshwater keeps on bubbling up. He can shovel mud into it or dung, and the stream will carry it away, wash itself clean, remain unstained.

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  Most of what we say and do is not necessary, and its omission would save both time and trouble.

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  do not be overheard complaining… not even to yourself

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  Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions

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  Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth

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  Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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  It is quite possible to be a good man without anyone realizing it

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  When you are disturbed by events and lose your serenity, quickly return to yourself and don’t stay upset longer than the experience lasts, for you’ll have more mastery over your inner harmony by continually returning to it.

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  how ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything that happens in life

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  Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender.

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  The present moment is of equal duration for everyone, and that is all any man possesses.

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  The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

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  the soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts

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  Confine yourself to the present

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  This is misfortune, but to bear this worthily is good fortune.

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  The best way of avenging yourself is by not becoming like the one who wronged you.

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  The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

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  when you are offended at any man’s fault, forthwith turn to yourself and reflect in what like manner you do err yourself

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  what brings no benefit to the hive brings none to the bee

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  is an emerald suddenly flawed if no one admires it?

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  To love only what happens, what was destined – no greater harmony.

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  it never ceases to amaze me – we all love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinions than our own

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  your soul takes the color of your thoughts

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• Marcus Aurelius

  be strict with yourself and tolerant with others

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• Marcus Aurelius

  a blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it

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  If you seek tranquility, do less.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  do not allow the special quality or worth of any thing to pass you by

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• Marcus Aurelius

  the best way of avenging yourself is by not becoming like the one who wronged you

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  what doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness

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  Teach, don’t scold.

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  is this, or is it not, something necessary?

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  Your death will soon be on you.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  do not to get dragged into someone else’s narrative

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  Don’t let the search for wisdom become a distraction from applying it.

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  You may leave this life at any moment.

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• Marcus Aurelius

  The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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  You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone

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  Good cheer in all circumstances, including illness.

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