"Learn to be indifferent to things that are indifferent."
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Marcus Aurelius is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Marcus Aurelius
- "The good man is he who labors for justice and nothing else."
- "Happiness depends on the quality of your thoughts."
- "The greatest of all traps is to believe that appearances are reality."
- "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
- "If you suffer because of external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your judgment about them."