It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
MARCUS AURELIUSEverything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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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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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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