All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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Do not be ashamed of help.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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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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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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 world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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