Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

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

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

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

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

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.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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.

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...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

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,...

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...

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...