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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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

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...

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.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

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...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

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...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to...

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to...