How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
MARCUS AURELIUSAll things fade and quickly turn to myth.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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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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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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