Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

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

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

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

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...

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

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...

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

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

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

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

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...

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,...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.