Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
MARCUS AURELIUSA 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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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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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 beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Life is opinion.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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