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Such Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
- Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think…
- Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains…
- From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on…
- No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such
- Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring it to fruition.…
- Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn or move the…
- 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…
- Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by…
- The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can…
- Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any…
- 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…
- Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never…
- All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.
- From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible…
- 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,…
- Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of…
- 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…
- Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
- Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
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