Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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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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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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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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