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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
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.
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
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.
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.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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.
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.