Marcus Aurelius quotes

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. (Marcus Aurelius)
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. View quote
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Confine yourself to the present. View quote
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. View quote
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What we do now echoes in eternity. View quote
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. View quote
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. View quote
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. View quote
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. View quote
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. View quote
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Men exist for the sake of one another. (Marcus Aurelius)
Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them. View quote
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. View quote
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Poverty is the mother of crime. View quote
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. View quote
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. View quote
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And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing. View quote
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. View quote
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So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes. View quote
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. View quote
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. (Marcus Aurelius)
The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor. View quote
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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. View quote
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Where a man can live, he can also live well. View quote
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Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. View quote
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