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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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

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...

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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...

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

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...

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...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...

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,...

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...