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title: "43 Thinking Quotes By Marcus Aurelius"
description: "Marcus Aurelius on change, inner happiness, and effortless good deeds."
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> [No man is happy who does not think himself so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/no-man-is-happy-who-does-not-think-himself-so/)

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> [Everything is but what we think it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-is-but-what-we-think-it/)

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> [All is as thinking makes it so](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/all-is-as-thinking-makes-it-so/)

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> [A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/a-man-s-life-is-what-his-thoughts-make-of-it/)

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> [Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-of-the-country-mouse-and-of-the-town-mouse-and-of-the-alarm-and/)

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> [Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/remember-that-all-things-are-only-opinion-and-that-it-is-in-your/)

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> [Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/very-little-is-needed-to-make-a-happy-life-it-is-all-within-yourself/)

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> [It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/it-is-possible-to-depart-from-life-at-this-moment-have-this-thought/)

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> [“What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/what-am-i-but-a-little-flesh-a-little-breath-and-the-thinking-part/)

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> [Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-not-disdainfully-of-death-but-look-on-it-with-favor-for-even/)

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> [Think on this doctrine,-that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-on-this-doctrine-that-reasoning-beings-were-created-for-one/)

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> [He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/he-who-pays-no-attention-to-what-his-neighbor-does-says-or-thinks/)

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> [If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-someone-is-able-to-show-me-that-what-i-think-or-do-is-not-right-i-2/)

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> [Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/your-manners-will-depend-very-much-upon-the-quality-of-what-you/)

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> [Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-nothing-profitable-to-you-which-compels-you-to-break-a-promise/)

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> [One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/one-universe-made-up-all-that-is-and-one-god-in-it-all-and-one/)

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> [If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-any-man-can-convince-me-and-bring-home-to-me-that-i-do-not-think/)

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> [Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-of-what-you-have-rather-than-of-what-you-lack-of-the-things-you/)

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> [From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/from-plato-the-man-who-has-an-elevated-mind-and-takes-a-view-of-all/)

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> [Everything is born from change. ...there is nothing nature loves more that to alter what exists and make new things like it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-is-born-from-change-there-is-nothing-nature-loves-more/)

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> [Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-of-the-universal-substance-of-which-thou-has-a-very-small/)

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> [When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/when-you-are-annoyed-at-someone-s-mistake-immediately-look-at/)

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> [A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/a-man-s-true-greatness-lies-in-the-consciousness-of-an-honest-purpose/)

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> [When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/when-you-need-encouragement-think-of-the-qualities-the-people-around/)

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> [Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/run-down-the-list-of-those-who-felt-intense-anger-at-something-the/)

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> [Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast, select…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-not-so-much-of-what-thou-hast-not-as-of-what-thou-hast-but-of/)

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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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> [Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/every-moment-think-steadily-as-a-roman-and-a-man-to-do-what-thou-hast/)

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> [All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/all-things-are-linked-with-one-another-and-this-oneness-is-sacred/)

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> [Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/is-your-cucumber-bitter-throw-it-away-are-there-briars-in-your-path/)

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> [Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/do-not-think-that-what-is-hard-for-you-to-master-is-humanly/)

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> [Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/think-of-yourself-as-dead-you-have-lived-your-life-now-take-what-s-3/)

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> [If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-someone-is-able-to-show-me-that-what-i-think-or-do-is-not-right-i/)

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> [Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/observe-always-that-everything-is-the-result-of-change-and-get-used/)

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> [We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-ought-to-do-good-to-others-as-simply-as-a-horse-runs-or-a-bee/)

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> [Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/your-mind-will-be-like-its-habitual-thoughts-for-the-soul-becomes-2/)

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> [“spend not thy time in thinking, what such a man doth, and to what end: what he saith, and what he thinks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/spend-not-thy-time-in-thinking-what-such-a-man-doth-and-to-what-end/)

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> [“Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbours, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/do-not-waste-what-remains-of-your-life-in-speculating-about-your/)

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> [When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/when-men-hate-or-blame-you-or-say-hurtful-things-about-you-look/)

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> [Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/things-themselves-cannot-touch-the-soul-not-in-the-least-degree-nor/)

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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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