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.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf 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.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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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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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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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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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.
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