“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what is left and live it properly.”

— Marcus Aurelius · Life quote

Emperor · 121 – 180

Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, author of the Meditations.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you.