Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life - there,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“recognize the malice, cunning, and hypocrisy that power produces, and the peculiar ruthlessness often shown by people from “good families.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
