Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
MARCUS AURELIUSBe like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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If 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.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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