It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
MARCUS AURELIUSDeath is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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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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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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