Meditations

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Quotes from Meditations

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"Everything is flowing and changing continually. Nothing is permanent, everything is connected."
Marcus Aurelius Nature
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"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures."
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"Things could not be better, even if they suited me perfectly."
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"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, and cranks."
Marcus Aurelius Patience
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"How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man."
Marcus Aurelius Time
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"Take a sick man with you everywhere, and you will see the value of health."
Marcus Aurelius Health
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"The man who lives wisely is content with what falls to his lot."
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"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."
Marcus Aurelius Wisdom
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"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
Marcus Aurelius Beauty
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"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it."
Marcus Aurelius Creativity
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"You have within you right now everything you need to respond to whatever the world throws at you."
Marcus Aurelius Strength
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"Time is a river of passing events."
Marcus Aurelius Time
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"The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates; but the happiness of the wise stands on a firm foundation."
Marcus Aurelius Happiness
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"You are not harmed by being unjustly treated; you are harmed only by treating others unjustly."
Marcus Aurelius Justice
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"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
Marcus Aurelius Life
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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."
Marcus Aurelius Gratitude
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"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."
Marcus Aurelius Work
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Marcus Aurelius Time
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"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
Marcus Aurelius Solitude
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"Very little is needed to turn a life around. It requires only a change of perspective."
Marcus Aurelius Change
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"Confine yourself to the present."
Marcus Aurelius Wisdom
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"Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death, or of not living at all?"
Marcus Aurelius Courage
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"Choose not to be harmed — and you won't be harmed. Really. Nothing external can harm you."
Marcus Aurelius Freedom
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"The universe is transformation; life is opinion."
Marcus Aurelius Philosophy
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"Forget everything. Start fresh. Return to the fundamentals of your principles."
Marcus Aurelius Change
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"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks."
Marcus Aurelius Peace
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"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."
Marcus Aurelius Time
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"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Marcus Aurelius Perseverance
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"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Marcus Aurelius Motivation
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"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
Marcus Aurelius Wisdom