For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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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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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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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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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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