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"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."
22+ Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
A curated collection of 22 inspirational quotes by Marcus Aurelius on life, wisdom, and the human experience.
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"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
— Marcus Aurelius
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"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
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"The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it."
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"Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight."
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"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
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"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
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"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."
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"Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it."
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"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
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"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
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"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
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"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
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"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely."
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"Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."
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"Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise."
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"Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle."
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"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
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"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."
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"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."
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"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."