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.
MARCUS AURELIUSIn an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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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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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Life is opinion.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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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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