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 AURELIUSTake full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be 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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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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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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