A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the service of man. Second, to change your opinion whenever anyone at hand sets you right and unsettles you in an opinion, but this change of opinion should come only because you are persuaded that something is just or to the public advantage, not because it appears pleasant or increases your reputation.
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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