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Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.


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"As are your repeated imaginations so will your mind be, for the soul is dyed by its imaginations. Dye it, then, in a succession of imaginations like these: for instance, where it is possible to live, there also it is possible to live well: but it is possible to live in a palace, ergo it is also possible to live well in a palace."

BOOK V, 16


Source: Meditations

Wikisource - Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus (en) 

Internet Archive - Selbstbetrachtungen by Marcus Aurelius (de) 

Wikisource - Pensées de Marc-Aurèle (fr) 



The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
L'âme prend la couleur des pensées.

German
Die Seele hat die Farben deiner Gedanken.




See also 

See also...



Each one sees what he carries in his heart.

The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The assaults of adversity do not weaken the spirit of a brave man. It always maintains its poise, and it gives its own colour to everything that happens.

Everyone has his own glasses. But no one knows for sure what color the lenses are.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.




Quotes for: soul


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Quotes about soul:


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.





Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.











Quotes for: thought


Quotes

Quotes about thought:


Great thoughts come from the heart.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.





Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.











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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.





A property, of the rational soul is love of one's neighbour.





Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.












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