Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
MARCUS AURELIUSA man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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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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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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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