That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
MARCUS AURELIUSWhen 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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Life is opinion.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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