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As a German philosopher writing in the aftermath of the Nazi regime, Marcuse understood the sleep inducing force of indoctrination, its power to make…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

“The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god.”

— G.K. Chesterton

The moral issues with which Marcus struggles would be, as he points out, unchanged whether the universe were mechanical and devoid of meaning or…

— Kenneth Rexroth

“Is your life really so bad? This city is full of opportunities –” “Can you call it a city?” Marcus asked. “No gymnasium, no…

— Matthew Johnson

“Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and philosopher, wrote, “Every morning when I leave my house, I say to myself, ‘Today I shall meet an…

— Dorothy Grover Bolton

“As far as she was concerned, aristocracy had nothing to do with money or social position. Aristocracy was linked to a nobility of mind,…

— Patricia Bosworth

“Shadows gripped him at the thought. If Thomas changed his mind once Marcos got his grief and emotional shit under control, if he tried…

— Joey W. Hill

“No caste system or aristocracy has survived the centuries with its power intact. Humanity kneels poorly as a whole.”

— Glynn Stewart

“I think you’re going to find Marcus Aurelius particularly useful.’ ‘For what?’ I asked. Nightingale hesitated. ‘Quoting, mainly,’ he said. ‘And thus maintaining an…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Marcus had never had the opportunity to pass on his questionable genes, so he would now effectively be erased from history, with a footnote…

— Andrei Cherascu

“Thomas, the doubter — when disciplined — would deny that sickness or anything else which was not in sympathy with the consciousness to which…

— Neville Goddard

“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course unwittingly, a…

— C.G. Jung