No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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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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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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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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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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