Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
MARCUS AURELIUSThough you break your heart, men will go on as before.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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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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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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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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Confine yourself to the present.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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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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