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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'
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.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
