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A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

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Life, Happiness, Positive Thinking

...the infallible man does not exist.

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Men, Doe, Infallible
Marcus Aurelius (2006). “Meditations”, p.81, Penguin UK

God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to flow from himself into our bodies. And if you can act the same way, you will rid yourself of all suffering. For surely if you are not preoccupied with the body that encloses you, you will not trouble yourself about clothes, houses, fame, and other showy trappings.

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Clothes, House, Mind

Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of mind.

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Happiness, Perfection, Mind
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), James Thomson (gent.) (1766). “The Commentaries of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus. Translated from the Greek, by Mr. Thomson”, p.99

Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.

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Power, Sobriety, Grumbling

Do not be ashamed of help.

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Helping, Ashamed

Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity.

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Fate, May, Eternity
Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.102, Sheba Blake Publishing

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

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Gratitude, Sadness, Expression

This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.

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Destiny, Chiefs, All Things
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.44, Lulu.com

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

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Inspirational, People, Tears

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

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Inspirational, Power, Judging

Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you.

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Fate, May, Welcome

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

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Life, Future, Past
"Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IV, 50,

Remember that all is opinion.

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Criticism, Opinion, Remember
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book II, (15), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

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Night, Definitions, Life Is

A person's life is what their thoughts make it.

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Life Is, Persons

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

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Born, Fortune, Good Fortune

What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

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Light, Darkness, Transmit
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.113, Modern Library

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.

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Men, Giving, Cheerful

The only thing that isn't worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly, And be patience with those who don't.

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This Life, Worthless
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.80, Modern Library

Everything is mere opinion.

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Opinion, Mere

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.

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Country, Art, Men
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.38, Enhanced Media Publishing

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.

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Death, Science, Perception

Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.

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Wise, Lying, Wellspring

It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.

Marcus Aurelius
Pain, Evil, Sin

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