Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUSNo man is happy who does not think himself so.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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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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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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