What we do now echoes in eternity.
MARCUS AURELIUSA noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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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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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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