Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee.
Nothing is worth doing pointlessly. - Marcus Aurelius
Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.
- Marcus Aurelius
Our wills are ours, to make them Thine. - Marcus Aurelius
Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.
But that which is useful is the better. - Marcus Aurelius
But that which is useful is the better.
We are the other of the other - Marcus Aurelius
We are the other of the other
Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. - Marcus Aurelius
Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. - Marcus Aurelius
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own. - Marcus Aurelius
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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