56 quotes by Marcus Aurelius

“Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.” — Marcus Aurelius

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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.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” — Marcus Aurelius

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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.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Anger cannot be dishonest.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” — Marcus Aurelius

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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.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.” — Marcus Aurelius

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