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.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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