Things have no hold on the soul. They have no access to it, cannot move or direct it. It is moved and directed by itself alone. It takes the things before it and interprets them as it sees fit.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Reverence the gods, and help men. Short is life.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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All is ephemeral — fame and the famous as well.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Remember this— that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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