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Marcus Aurelius on Strength
Stoic wisdom on inner strength, resilience, and overcoming adversity from the philosopher emperor.
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
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“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.”
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“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
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“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
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“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
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