Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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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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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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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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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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