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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
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.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
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.
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.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
