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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
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.
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.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.
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.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
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.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
