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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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.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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 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...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

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

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

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...

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,...

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

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

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

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...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

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...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be...

Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking

Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking