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Things Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then…
- In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would…
- So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of your life, however…
- Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain…
- All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit…
- All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
- 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…
- How soon will time cover all things.
- And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of…
- Never forget that the universe is a single living organism possessed of one substance and one soul, holding all things suspended in a single consciousness…
- 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…
- Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change.
- Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
- Everything is only for a day ... the universe loves nothing so much as to change things.
- The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
- Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that mayhappen in…
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