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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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  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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• Confine yourself to the present.

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  Philosophical, Mindfulness

  Marcus Aurelius (2012). “Meditations”, p.50, Courier Corporation

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• Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is dead and buried or shrouded in uncertainty. Short is the life we lead, and small our patch of earth.

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  Earth, Life Is, Moments

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• Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

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  Happiness, Character, Carpe Diem

  Marcus Aurelius (2006). “Meditations”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Reality

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (18), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

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  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book III, (7), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• No man is happy who does not think himself so.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 584, 1856.

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• Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.

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  Holy, Pantheism

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.86, Modern Library

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• In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness in action, speech that cannot deceive, and a disposition glad of whatever comes, welcoming it as necessary, as familiar, as flowing from the same source and fountain as yourself.

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  Justice, Remembrance, Speech

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that vital spark within you free from damage and degradation, using it to transcend pain and pleasure, doing everything with a purpose, avoiding lies and hypocrisy, not relying on another person's actions or failings. To accept everything that comes, and everything that is given, as coming from that same spiritual source.

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  Spiritual, Pain, Lying

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• If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.

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  Judgment, Ifs

  Marcus Aurelius (1945). “Marcus Aurelius and His Times”

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• One of the recurring themes in Marcus' handbook is leadership's responsibility to work intelligently with what it is given and not waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

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  Responsibility, People, Perfect

  "The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations".

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• Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again.

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  Enlightenment, Gone, Use

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• Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.

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  Spiritual, Thinking, Opinion

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• Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.

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  Opinion, Assumption, Judgment

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.

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  Stoicism, Thrive, Feels

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.39, Modern Library

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• Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.

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  Mind, Failing, Unhappiness

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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  Philosophical, Inspiration, Being Alone

  c. AD 170-180 Meditations, bk.4, no.3 (translated by M Staniforth).

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• Submit to the fate of your own free will.

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  Fate, Free Will, Submit

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• Remember: Matter: how tiny your share of it. Time: how brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate: how small a role you play in it.

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  Fate, Play, Matter

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.61, Modern Library

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• 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.

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  Faults, Study, Forget You

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• What we do now echoes in eternity.

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  Inspirational, Life, Echoes

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• Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.

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• Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to universal nature? Can you take your bath without the firewood undergoing a change? Can you eat without the food undergoing a change? And can anything useful be done without change? Don't you see that for you to change is just the same, and is equally necessary for universal nature?

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  Change, Done, Baths

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• Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

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  Honesty, Pain, Humility

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.48, Modern Library

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