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“Show me someone who isn’t a slave! One is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to power, and all are slaves to fear. I could name a former […]

“Being unexpected adds to the weight of a disaster, and being a surprise has never failed to increase a person’s pain. For that reason, nothing should ever be unexpected by […]

“Don’t set your mind on things you don’t possess as if they were yours, but count your blessings you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if […]

“Remember that your ruling reason becomes unconquerable when it rrallies and relies on itself, so that it won’t do anything contrary to its own will, even if its position is […]

“Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn’t it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what […]

“We like to say that we don’t get to choose our parents, that they were given by chance-yet we can truly choose whose children we’d like to be.” We are […]

“Philosophy calls for simple living, but not for penance- it’s quite possible to be simple without being crude.” Marcus’s meditations are filled with self criticism and so are the other […]

“Do now what nature demands of you. Get right to it if that’s in your power. Don’t look around to see if people will know about it. Don’t await the […]

“Whenever you suffer pain, keep in mind that it’s nothing to be ashamed of and that it can’t degrade your guiding intelligence, nor keep it from acting rationally and for […]