Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUSBe tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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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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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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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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