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b0ef153	When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...	carpe-diem inspirational life seize-the-day	Marcus Aurelius
5625615	It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.	death fear inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
8e936f6	Our life is what our thoughts make it.	attitude inspirational life	Marcus Aurelius
cd9070f	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.	equanimity future inspirational reason stoic stoicism worry	Marcus Aurelius
b453437	The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.	inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
3b0054f	Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.	inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
e7f9968	How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.	comparison gossip inspirational integrity	Marcus Aurelius
7c20156	Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.	being goodness inspirational self-actualization wisdom	Marcus Aurelius
a8cdae8	Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.	inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
b3f935c	Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.	charity death goodness help inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
0fff19e	Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?	inspirational	Marcus Aurelius
3945640	In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?	inspirational life work	Marcus Aurelius
624ab8f	The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.		Marcus Aurelius
23bc72b	I do not regard a man as poor, if the little which remains is enough for him.		Marcus Aurelius
5d18413	IN THE morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?		Marcus Aurelius
1213673	But that which is useful is the better.		Marcus Aurelius
2496575	Whatever this is that I am, it is flesh and a little spirit and an intelligence. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
42a54c3	Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.		Marcus Aurelius
b6f189a	This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole...		Marcus Aurelius
30cffbf	You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
909a7af	The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.		Marcus Aurelius
701fabd	Remember that all is opinion.		Marcus Aurelius
e0e85fd	What means all this?		Marcus Aurelius
2470925	The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.		Marcus Aurelius
734f243	For we carry our fate with us -- and it carries us. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
8f40a1f	A man should be upright, not kept upright.		Marcus Aurelius
fe32c70	Choose what's best.--Best is what benefits me. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
11d74da	Respect the faculty that forms thy judgments.		Marcus Aurelius
3cccf7f	Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
83df1c9	By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.		Marcus Aurelius
1dccbb6	The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.		Marcus Aurelius
ee9c43d	Disturbance comes only from within--from our own perceptions. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
e2a48e2	The world is nothing but change. Our life is only perception." (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
d23edcb	Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.		Marcus Aurelius
1bce1b5	Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.		Marcus Aurelius
108a8f0	You have a mind? --Yes. Well, why not use it? (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
b01ee18	Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good.		Marcus Aurelius
f816a64	Let your occupations be few," says the sage, "if you would lead a tranquil life."		Marcus Aurelius
3a78a6e	Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.		Marcus Aurelius
ac84510	You're better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve. (Hays translation)		Marcus Aurelius
12ba31d	All is ephemeral -- fame and the famous as well.		Marcus Aurelius
e14dd94	Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.		Marcus Aurelius
9624585	All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.		Marcus Aurelius
809d2e6	That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.		Marcus Aurelius

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

carpe-diem inspirational life seize-the-day

Marcus Aurelius

5625615

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

death fear inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

8e936f6

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

attitude inspirational life

Marcus Aurelius

cd9070f

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.

equanimity future inspirational reason stoic stoicism worry

Marcus Aurelius

b453437

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

3b0054f

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.

inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

e7f9968

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

comparison gossip inspirational integrity

Marcus Aurelius

7c20156

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

being goodness inspirational self-actualization wisdom

Marcus Aurelius

a8cdae8

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

b3f935c

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

charity death goodness help inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

0fff19e

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

inspirational

Marcus Aurelius

3945640

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?

inspirational life work

Marcus Aurelius

624ab8f

The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.

Marcus Aurelius

23bc72b

I do not regard a man as poor, if the little which remains is enough for him.

Marcus Aurelius

5d18413

IN THE morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?