Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUSYou have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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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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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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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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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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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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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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