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Own Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- 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…
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within…
- Each day provides its own gifts.
- Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?
- How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.
- To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in…
- How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a sense, this is…
- Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and…
- Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn…
- For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within…
- "Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel…
- Letting go all else, cling to the following few truths. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant: all the rest…
- But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art…
- Submit to the fate of your own free will.
- When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and…
- It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this…
- The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
- If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in…
- God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to…
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