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Marcus Aurelius
About Author: Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD - 180 AD)
Quotes:Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
To stand up -- or be setup?
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission.
A candour affected is a dagger concealed.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.
Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
Very little is needed to make a happy life.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.
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.
Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Nothing happens to any thing which that thing is not made by nature to bear.
All is ephemeral--fame and the famous as well.
Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back.
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
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.
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding.
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.
All of us are working together for the same end; some of us knowingly and purposefully, others unconsciously.
It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.
The sinners sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.
Waste no more time arguing what a god man should be. Be one.
Virtue they will but abuse, and taunt her with bitter revilling.
All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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