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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
