When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
MARCUS AURELIUSWhen men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
MARCUS AURELIUSBecause a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
MARCUS AURELIUSAll men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
MARCUS AURELIUSA man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
MARCUS AURELIUSBe like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUSWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
MARCUS AURELIUSThat which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
MARCUS AURELIUSDo not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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