The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

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.

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

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 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;...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

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...

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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

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

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

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;...

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...

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...