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More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
