How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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 it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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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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