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Enough Self Improvement
Our world is always imploring us to improve. You need to have a better physique, create some new skills so that you don’t get left behind, improve your relationships, your spirituality, learn a new language, or manage your money better. Here is the thing; the list is endless and 90% of the investment you make reading or taking classes in self improvement is pretty much worthless. Why do we get on…
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some wallpaper things i made with marcus aurelius quotes from “Meditations” ᯽
idk if anyone will use these but lmk if you do!
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The Holdovers (2023) by Alexander Payne
Book title: Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν in Ancient Greek; 180 A.D.) by Marcus Aurelius
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How to act: Never under compulsion, out of selfishness, without forethought, with misgivings. Don't gussy up your thoughts. No surplus words or unnecessary actions... Cheerfulness. Without requiring other people's help. Or serenity supplied by others. To stand up straight — not straightened.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (3.5)
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Human beings exist for the sake of one another: so, either teach them or endure them.
Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν: ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε.
--Marcus Aurelius, Meditations VIII.59
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“Accept death in a cheerful spirit, as nothing but the dissolution of the elements from which each living thing is composed. If it doesn't hurt the individual elements to change continually into one another, why are people afraid of all of them changing and separating? It's a natural thing. And nothing natural is evil.”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Just so you know it's nothing new-
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“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
— Marcus Aurelius, “Meditations”
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“Marcus Aurelius has already released you from the obligation to have a take”
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Quotes from Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Quotes from Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Statue depicting what Marcus Aurelius might have looked like
I’m working on a book review of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, but I thought I would share some of my favorite quotes from the book with you. I should have the book review done in a couple of days.
Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus’ death in 169. He was…
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Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
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“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, Meditations
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