It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
MARCUS AURELIUSBe tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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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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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.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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