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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.
