Marcus Aurelius on life
Marcus Aurelius96 quotes“Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.”
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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.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius What we do now echoes in eternity.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Men exist for the sake of one another.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It seems there’s always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
Calvin KleinCalvin Klein School typically doesn’t prepare young people for real life – unless their lives are spent following instructions and pleasing others. In my opinion, that’s why so many students who succeed in school fail in life.
Ray DalioRay Dalio One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.
Mitch AlbomMitch Albom It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.
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