How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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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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Do not be ashamed of help.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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 best revenge is not to do as they do.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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