Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
MARCUS AURELIUSA man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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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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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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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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