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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius (/ɔːˈriːliəs/; Latin: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus;[notes 1] 26 April 121 – 17 March 180 AD) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180, ruling jointly with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, until Verus' death in 169, and jointly with his son, Commodus, from 177 till Aurelius' own death. He was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors.

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That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not".

Died, Elements, Fall, Thyself

Enter others' minds and let them enter yours.

Enter, Let, Mind, Minds

Observe constantly that all things take place by change.

All Things, Change, Observe, Take, Things Change

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.

Disloyalty, Evil, Ignorance, Ill Will, Today

It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.

Duty, Injure, Love, Men

When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

Failings, Faults, Forget You, Live, Study, Turn

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Accomplish, Impossible, Inspirational, Philosophical, Thing, Thinking

Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past.

Future, Life, Limitless, Past, Space, Void

If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all lesser ends and keeping the divinity within you pure and upright, as though you were even now faced with its recall - if you hold steadily to this, staying for nothing and shrinking from nothing, only seeking in each passing action a conformity with nature and in each word and utterance a fearless truthfulness, then the good life shall be yours. And from this course no man has the power to hold you back.

Course, Faced, Good Life, Humanity, Men, Steadily

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

Bees, Friendship, Good, Nature, Philosophical

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Life, Depression, Insanity, Oneself, Object

Everything is only for a day. . . the universe loves nothing so much as to change things.

Change, Loves, Things, Things Change, Universe

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.

Enjoy, Inspirational, Life, Love, Morning, Privilege

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

Help, Remain, Self, Unity, Upset, Upsets

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.

Acquire, Different, Kind, Loss, Shalt, Thou

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

Advice, Home, Instead, Masters, School

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Depends, Quality

The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

Actor, Actors, Body, Enemy, Worst Enemy

Be content to seem what you really are.

Content, Loving Yourself, Philosophical, Self Acceptance

Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.

Allow, Man, Retirement, Retreat, Soul, Space

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