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

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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

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

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

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...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination,...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination,...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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.

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...

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

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

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

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

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...

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.

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...

I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.

I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.

A morning without GOD is like a mind with no thoughts, EMPTY. Thank God for...

A morning without GOD is like a mind with no thoughts, EMPTY. Thank God for...

A wise woman once said that every morning when you wake up you say a...

A wise woman once said that every morning when you wake up you say a...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...