"Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within……" — Marcus Aurelius
"Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority."
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608 Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Confine yourself to the present.
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in…
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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I cannot stand authority.
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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