Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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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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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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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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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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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