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.
MARCUS AURELIUSIn an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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