A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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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.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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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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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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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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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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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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