Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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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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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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 the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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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.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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