Marcus Aurelius Quotes

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• There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.
• The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
• And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
• Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket.
• The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.
• Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time…
• Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other…
• Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.
• Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.
• Remember that all is opinion.
• Man is born for deeds of kindness.
• The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it…
• Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.
• Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.
• The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can…
• Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.
• If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth hold all the…
• All that is not eternal is eternally out of date. C. S. LEWIS, The Four Loves Life is short. Eternity is long. BENTLEY LITTLE, His…
• Because other people are fools, must you be so too?
• I can at once become happy anywhere, for he is happy who has found himself a happy lot. In a word, happiness lies all in…

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