A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.
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Other Marcus Aurelius quotes:
Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.
Stop allowing your mind to be a slave, to be jerked about by selfish impulses, to kick against fate and the present, and to mistrust the future.
If you are distressed by anything, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it.
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.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
Let no act be done without purpose.
