Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUSDeath 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.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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If 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.
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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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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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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