Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
Marcus Aurelius

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
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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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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
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