Quotes By Marcus Aurelius
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus Aurelius
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
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