Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy… — 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
