What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

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;...

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 soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

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.

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

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

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...

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;...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Each day provides its own gifts

Each day provides its own gifts

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

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.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

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

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

Vice may be had at all prices

Vice may be had at all prices

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as Im concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.