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- Do not fear death, but welcome it, since it too comes from nature. For just as we are young and grow old, and flourish and…
- If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm…
- Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's…
- Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.
- From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure;…
- Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.
- Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if…
- Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity ...
- Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober,…
- For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not his? So remember…
- If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in…
- God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to…
- Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who…
- I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from…
- The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part. So…
- Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes…
- Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate…
- That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This…
- He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he…
- The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are from the beginning.…
- As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever…
- Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this…
- The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for refuge and for…
- The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything which is within…
- When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For by attending to…
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