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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All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

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.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

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,...

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...

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...

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

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...

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...

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...

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

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

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

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.