If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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 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...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

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...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

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

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

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

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

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other...

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other...

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one...

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one...