For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
MARCUS AURELIUSDon’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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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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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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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Life is opinion.
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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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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