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Nothing Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with…
- 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…
- Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask…
- The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part. So…
- My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out…
- Praise adds nothing to beauty--makes it neither better nor worse.
- Reflect frequently upon the instability of things, and how very fast the scenes of nature are shifted. Matter is in perpetual flux. Change is always…
- When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the…
- The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has…
- He who fears death either fears to lose all sensation or fears new sensations. In reality, you will either feel nothing at all, and therefore…
- Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where…
- The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for refuge and for…
- Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what…
- Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once…
- And finally remember that nothing harms him who is really a citizen, which does not harm the state; nor yet does anything harm the state…
- In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in…
- Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change…
- Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and say, "Why…
- If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all lesser ends and…
- Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
- It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power…
- Everything is only for a day ... the universe loves nothing so much as to change things.
- Nothing is evil which is according to nature.
- Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have…
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