Inspirational Quotes | The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

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🗓️ 11 October 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Listen to episode 99 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Inspirational Quotes & Meditations On Life. Edited and adapted from The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Self-Help Podcast Excerpt: What can shake your belief in the goodness of humankind? The cruelty of others? Remember that we have come here for each other, and that people act out of ignorance. Have mercy on them. Have faith. Everything happens within a larger Order. You will find this to be true if you watch the world carefully. Don’t look at things the way wrong-doers do. Don’t look at things as wrong-doers want you too, either. Instead, strive to see things in truth, as they really are. Never value the things that will force you to lie, lose self-respect, hate, or deceive. Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives. Oh, how peaceful it is to stop looking at what our neighbors say and do and think, and simply strive to bring our own lives into alignment with truth and kindness. Let us live simply and modestly – and if anyone says that we do not live a simple, modest life, let us not be angry with them, nor change our direction. If we hold to our ideals, we will move through life with purity and peace of mind. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:51.4	Today's podcast has been edited and adapted from The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius,
0:59.3	written in 167 AD.
1:14.6	Every morning we should say to ourselves, Today I shall meet with the busy body,
1:17.6	The ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, and the unsocial.
1:24.6	All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil.
1:32.3	Thus I will neither be angry with them nor injured by them.
1:38.3	When someone has attacked you, try to understand their view of the world, and seeing this you will pity them
1:48.8	and no longer be angry.
1:51.6	For you will either see one who is confused like you, and you will have compassion,
1:57.7	or you will see one who is confused like you once were, and you will have patience.
2:03.6	No one, however persuasive they may be, can force us to be angry or upset.
2:12.6	To be angry with others is to be angry with yourself. Whatever a person's attitude may be,
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