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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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.
When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
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.
