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title: "56 Spirituality Quotes By Marcus Aurelius"
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> [Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/thou-art-a-little-soul-bearing-about-a-corpse/)

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> [“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/disgraceful-for-the-soul-to-give-up-when-the-body-is-still-going/)

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> [“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-soul-becomes-dyed-with-the-colour-of-its-thoughts/)

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> [To live happily is an inward power of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/to-live-happily-is-an-inward-power-of-the-soul/)

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> [The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-one-thing-worth-living-for-is-to-keep-one-s-soul-pure/)

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> [I consist of a little body and a soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/i-consist-of-a-little-body-and-a-soul/)

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> [The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-world-is-a-living-being-one-nature-one-soul-keep-that-in-mind/)

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> [The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-soul-becomes-dyed-with-the-color-of-its-thoughts/)

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> [“Never wilt your soul, never be just good, simple or unpolished. Manifest more then the body that surrounds yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/never-wilt-your-soul-never-be-just-good-simple-or-unpolished-manifest/)

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> [“Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/your-mind-will-be-like-its-habitual-thoughts-for-the-soul-becomes/)

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> [“Such as you are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for your soul is dyed through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/such-as-you-are-your-habitual-thoughts-such-also-will-be-the/)

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> [Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/withdraw-to-the-untroubled-quietude-deep-within-the-soul-and-refresh/)

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> [Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/such-as-are-your-habitual-thoughts-such-also-will-be-the-character-of/)

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> [Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/things-can-never-touch-the-soul-but-stand-inert-outside-it-so-that/)

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> [Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/whoever-values-peace-of-mind-and-the-health-of-the-soul-will-live-the/)

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> [Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/wilt-thou-then-my-soul-never-be-good-and-simple-and-one-and-naked/)

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> [“It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/it-is-in-our-power-to-have-no-opinion-about-a-thing-and-not-to-be/)

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> [In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/in-man-s-life-time-is-but-a-moment-being-a-flux-sense-is-dim-the/)

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> [Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/consider-in-what-condition-both-in-body-and-soul-a-man-should-be-when/)

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> [“to say all in a word, everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/to-say-all-in-a-word-everything-which-belongs-to-the-body-is-a-stream/)

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> [In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/in-the-life-of-a-man-his-time-is-but-a-moment-his-being-an-incessant/)

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> [“For there is no retreat that is quieter or freer from trouble than a man’s own soul, especially when he has within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/for-there-is-no-retreat-that-is-quieter-or-freer-from-trouble-than-a/)

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> [What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/what-use-do-i-put-my-soul-to-it-is-a-serviceable-question-this-and/)

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> [“Everything of the body is a river. Everything of the soul is dream and vapour. Life is war and the abode of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-of-the-body-is-a-river-everything-of-the-soul-is-dream-and/)

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> [Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/constantly-regard-the-universe-as-one-living-being-having-one/)

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> [My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/my-being-consists-of-matter-and-form-that-is-of-soul-and-body/)

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> [Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/which-is-recorded-of-socrates-that-he-was-able-both-to-abstain-from/)

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> [“These two things be common to the souls, as of God, so of men, and of every reasonable creature, first that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/these-two-things-be-common-to-the-souls-as-of-god-so-of-men-and-of/)

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> [“The soul of man is thus an emanation from the godhead, into whom it will eventually be re-absorbed. The divine ruling principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-soul-of-man-is-thus-an-emanation-from-the-godhead-into-whom-it/)

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> [“The soul of a man harms itself, first and foremost, when it becomes (as far as it can) a separate growth, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-soul-of-a-man-harms-itself-first-and-foremost-when-it-becomes-as/)

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> [“Of the life of man the duration is but a point, its substance streaming away, its perception dim, the fabric of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/of-the-life-of-man-the-duration-is-but-a-point-its-substance/)

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> [For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/for-nowhere-either-with-more-quiet-or-more-freedom-from-trouble-does/)

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> [“Don’t let yourself forget how many doctors have died, furrowing their brows over how many deathbeds. How many astrologers, after pompous forecasts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/don-t-let-yourself-forget-how-many-doctors-have-died-furrowing-their/)

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> [“The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-time-of-a-man-s-life-is-as-a-point-the-substance-of-it-ever/)

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> [The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-universe-is-a-single-life-comprising-one-substance-and-one-soul/)

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> [Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/body-soul-mind-sensations-the-body-desires-the-soul-reasoning-the-mind/)

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> [“It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/it-is-in-your-own-power-to-maintain-the-beauty-of-your-soul-or-to-be/)

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> [Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/waste-no-more-time-talking-about-great-souls-and-how-they-should-be/)

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> [“everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-which-belongs-to-the-body-is-a-stream-and-what-belongs-to/)

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> [Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/your-mind-will-take-on-the-character-of-your-most-frequent-thoughts/)

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> [A man should be upright, not kept upright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/a-man-should-be-upright-not-kept-upright/)

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> [Everything is mere opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-is-mere-opinion/)

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> [If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-any-man-has-done-wrong-the-harm-is-his-own-but-perhaps-he-has-not/)

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> [Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/pray-look-upon-the-plants-and-birds-the-ants-spiders-and-bees-and-you/)

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> [“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-should-remark-the-grace-and-fascination-that-there-is-even-in-the/)

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> [My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/my-true-self-is-free-i-cannot-be-contained/)

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> [The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-best-revenge-is-to-be-unlike-him-who-performed-the-injury/)

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> [Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/nothing-befalls-any-man-which-he-is-not-fitted-to-endure/)

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> [Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/adorn-thyself-with-simplicity-and-with-indifference-towards-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/let-it-be-your-constant-method-to-look-into-the-design-of-people-s/)

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> [“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/our-life-is-a-warfare-and-a-mere-pilgrimage/)

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> [“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-therefore-it-be-a-thing-external-that-causes-thy-grief-know-that/)

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> [Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/frightened-of-change-but-what-can-exist-without-it-what-s-closer-to/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-are-too-much-accustomed-to-attribute-to-a-single-cause-that-which/)

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> [“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself, "I have to go to work - as a human being. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/at-dawn-when-you-have-trouble-getting-out-of-bed-tell-yourself-i-have/)

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