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“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 […]

“If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don’t imagine it impossible- for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you.” There are […]

“There is no vice which lacks a defense, none that at the outset isn’t modest and easily intervened-but after this the trouble spreads widely. If you allow it to get […]

“It is essential for you to remember that the attention you give to any action should be in due proportion to its worth, for then you won’t tire and give […]

“First practice not letting people know who you are- keep your philosophy to yourself for a bit. In just the manner that fruit is produced- the seed buried for a […]