Give up your thirst for books, so that you do not die a grouch.
Marcus AureliusTags: books book die thirst abstemiousness grouch
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
Marcus AureliusTags: opinion equanimity
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
Marcus AureliusTags: honesty empathy self-awareness
That which rules within, when it is according to nature, will always adapt itself easily to that which is possible and is presented to it. For it requires no definite material, in moving toward its purpose, but rather certain conditions; and it makes a material for itself out of that which opposes it, as a great fire lays hold of a mass that would have extinguished a tiny flame: when the fire is strong, it soon appropriates to itself the matter that is heaped on it and consumes it, rising higher by means of this very material.
Marcus AureliusIn everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this
Marcus AureliusEverything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus AureliusTags: destiny
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.
Marcus AureliusTags: inspirational
He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
Marcus AureliusTags: wealth materialism possessions clutter shit
How good it is, when you have roast meat or suchlike foods before you, to impress on your mind that this is the dead body of a fish, this the dead body of a bird or pig.
Marcus AureliusTags: reality food meat eating mindfulness clarity dead-body reductive-analysis
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
Marcus AureliusTags: life carpe-diem death character mindfulness perfection strength-of-character
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