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.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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 blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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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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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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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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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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