Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of… — 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