Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Praise Quotes

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether...

The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether...

When I look at my hands and in my heart, I see stress as Lady...

When I look at my hands and in my heart, I see stress as Lady...