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.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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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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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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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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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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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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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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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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