It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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