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Thou Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
- Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
- Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?
- 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…
- Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of…
- Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among…
- He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt…
- Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
- Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.
- Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
- 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…
- Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is unphilosophical to the…
- As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things…
- Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.
- All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.
- Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou bast failed, return…
- Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.
- Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a…
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- Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. — Saint Augustine
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