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“You take things you don’t control and define them as “good” or “bad.” And so of course when the “bad” things happen, or the “good” ones don’t, you blame the gods and feel hatred for the people responsible—or those you decide to make responsible. Much of our bad behavior stems from trying to apply those criteria. If we limited “good” and “bad” to our own actions, we’d have no call to challenge God, or to treat other people as enemies.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“56. Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“37. Disgraceful: that the mind should control the face, should be able to shape and mold it as it pleases, but not shape and mold itself.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“10. Remorse is annoyance at yourself for having passed up something that’s to your benefit. But if it’s to your benefit it must be good—something a truly good person would be concerned about. But no truly good person would feel remorse at passing up pleasure. So it cannot be to your benefit, or good.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations