It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
MARCUS AURELIUSDeath smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Life is opinion.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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