If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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