Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
MARCUS AURELIUSA man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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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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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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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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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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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 unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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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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