The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

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...

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

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...

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

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

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

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

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 -...

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

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...

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...

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

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...

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...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...