Marcus Aurelius quotes - page 16

An arrow has one motion and the mind another. Even when pausing, even when weighing conclusions, the mind is moving forward, toward its goal. (Hays translation) (Marcus Aurelius)
Art thy not content that thou hast done something conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be paid for it? Just as if the eye demanded recompense for seeing, or the feet for walking. For as these members are formed for a particular purpose... so also is man formed by nature to acts of benevolence. View quote
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Yes, boorish people do boorish things. What's strange or unheard-of about that? Isn't it yourself you should reproach-for not anticipating that they'd act this way? (Hays translation) View quote
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Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it's unendurable . . . then stop complaining. Your destruction will mean its end as well. (Hays translation) View quote
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Someone despises me. That's their problem. Mine: not to do or say anything despicable. Someone hates me. Their problem. Mine: to be patient and cheerful with everyone, including them. (Hays translation) View quote
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Pain is the opposite of strength, and so is anger. (Hays translation) View quote
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That to expect bad people not to injure others is crazy. It's to ask the impossible. And to let them behave like that to other people but expect them to exempt you is arrogant-the act of a tyrant. (Hays translation) View quote
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Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams. View quote
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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. View quote
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It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. View quote
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No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have. (Marcus Aurelius)
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. View quote
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When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For. View quote
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Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own. View quote
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There are three relations [between thee and other things]:. View quote
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For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason. View quote
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The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of the diseased eye. And the healthy hearing and smelling ought to be ready to perceive all that can be heard and smelled. And the healthy stomach ought to be. View quote
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For nothing is so much adapted to produce magnanimity. View quote
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Everything's destiny is to change, to be transformed, to perish. So that new things can be born. View quote
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For they are like an ax, differing only in. View quote
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Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance. (Marcus Aurelius)
Suppose that thou hast detached thyself from the natural unity. View quote
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Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form. View quote
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She is content then with her own space, and her own matter, and her own art. View quote
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And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way? View quote
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