Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
MARCUS AURELIUSTake full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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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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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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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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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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