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Best Own Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.
- Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this…
- The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything which is within…
- What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has…
- 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…
- As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad,…
- Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own…
- Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the…
- If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which…
- If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your…
- It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of…
- The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control;…
- It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's…
- You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things…
- Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
- It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own…
- If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this…
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- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
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- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
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