When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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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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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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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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Life is opinion.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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