Confine yourself to the present.
MARCUS AURELIUSEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Life is opinion.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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