Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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Author or tradition: Marcus Aurelius
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Country attributed: Not established
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Historical period: Date unknown

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01Undated

No one knows the weight of another's burden.

Traditional · English / proverb

Meaning: You may not fully understand the difficulties another person carries. Avoid deciding how easy their situation should be from what is visible to you, and make room to hear their account.

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02Undated

A contented mind is a continual feast.

Traditional · English / proverb

Meaning: Appreciating what is sufficient can make ordinary life feel abundant. The continual feast pictures ongoing satisfaction, without requiring someone to accept deprivation, injustice or unmet needs as though they were adequate.

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03Undated

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius / quote

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04Undated

All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.

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