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.
MARCUS AURELIUSDon’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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