Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
MARCUS AURELIUSYour 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.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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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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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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