Marcus Aurelius Quotes - Page 25

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• As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Hands, Knives, Two

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book III, (13), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Giving Up, Despair, Principles

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book V, 9,

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• Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Giving, Roving, Leisure

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• Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Death, Nature, Thinking

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IX, (3), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Study, Bless, Rhetoric

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Now departure from the world of men is nothing to fear, if gods exist: because they would not involve you in any harm. If they do not exist, or if they have no care for humankind, then what is life to me in a world devoid of gods, or devoid of providence? But they do exist, and they do care for humankind: and they have put it absolutely in man's power to avoid falling into the true kinds of harm.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Men, Departure

  "Meditations".

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• All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in circle.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Circles, Eternity, Form

  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.28, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• We are born for cooperation

  Marcus Aurelius

  Cooperation, Born

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (2013). “Meditations”, p.9, Oxford University Press

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• Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Light, Practice, Principles

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• It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do you let go? By realizing that such actions are not shameful to you.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Letting Go, Gone, Action

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• The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Doe

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book VI, 5,

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• If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Judging, Looks, Philosopher

  Marcus Aurelius (2016). “Meditations”, p.57, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Stars, Distance, Unity

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Essence, Practice, Doctrine

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book VIII, 22,

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• As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Land, Battle

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book II, (17), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind.

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  Human Nature, Mankind, Rational

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker (1701). “The Emperor-Marcus Antonius: his conversation with himself. together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker”, p.180

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• Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?

  Marcus Aurelius

  Art, Smell, Mouths

  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.57, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are from the beginning. Further, this nature is styled Truth; and it is the first cause of all that is true.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Firsts, Causes, Kinship

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IX, 1,

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• Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Art, Soul, Littles

  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.46, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Father, Luxury, Arrogance

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Self Esteem, Independence, Self Determination

  "Meditations".

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• Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fall, Power, Men

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• Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and in change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted by nature as to die.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Looks, Dies, Dispersion

  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.112, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• If it's time for you to go, leave willingly - as you would to accomplish anything that can be done with grace and honor.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Grace, Honor, Done

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.31, Modern Library

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• Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Believe, Destiny

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