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.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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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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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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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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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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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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