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

Topics: Peace Of Mind Quotes

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

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

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

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...

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...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

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...

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...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

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...

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.