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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius remain a significant work in philosophy, offering personal reflections on living a good life, dealing with adversity, and maintaining inner peace.
19 powerful sentences by Marcus Aurelius that will change how you view the world:

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1) “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
— Marcus Aurelius

2) “Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
— Marcus Aurelius

3) “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinion than our own.”
— Marcus Aurelius

4) “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
— Marcus Aurelius

5) “You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action.”
— Marcus Aurelius

6) “If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.”
— Marcus Aurelius

7) “The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius

8) “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
— Marcus Aurelius

9) “Be satisfied with even the smallest progress.”
— Marcus Aurelius

10) “Get back up when you fail. Celebrate behaving like a human.”
— Marcus Aurelius

11) “If they've made a mistake, correct them gently and show them where they went wrong. If you can't do that, then the blame lies with you. Or no one.”
— Marcus Aurelius

12) “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
— Marcus Aurelius

13) “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
— Marcus Aurelius

14) Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: "What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?"
— Marcus Aurelius

15) “If you don't have a constant goal in life, you can't live it in a consistent way.”
— Marcus Aurelius

16) “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
— Marcus Aurelius

17) “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius

18) “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius

19) “Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly.”
— Marcus Aurelius

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