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Other Marcus Aurelius quotes:
Never value anything as profitable that compels you to break your promise, to lose your self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything that needs walls and curtains.
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.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live according to nature.
Give full attention and devotion to each act.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.
The existence of evil does not harm the world. And an individual act of evil does not harm the victim. Only one person is harmed by it - and he can stop being harmed as soon as he decides to.
A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
If you are distressed by anything, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it.
