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Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to curse, to act the hypocrite.
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I consist of a little body and a soul.
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Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
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Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.
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If it's in your control, why do you do it? If it's in someone else's control, then who are you blaming? Atoms? The gods? Stupid either way. Blame no one. Set people straight, if you can. If not, just repair the damage.
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Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
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Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy.
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Above, below, all around are the movements of the elements. But the motion of virtue is in none of these: it is something more divine, and advancing by a way hardly observed it goes happily on its road.
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Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
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Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
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It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.
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He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.
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It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
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Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them.
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From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition.
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Your task is to stand straight not to be held straight.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
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The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.
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That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.
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