As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

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.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take and love more than...

Always smile more than you cry, give more than you take and love more than...

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of...

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of...