That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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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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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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