Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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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