If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
MARCUS AURELIUSNeither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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 time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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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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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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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 every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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