Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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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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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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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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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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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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