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.
MARCUS AURELIUSEverything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Life is opinion.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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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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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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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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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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