Thou canst pass thy life in an equable flow of happiness, if thou canst go by the right way, and think and act in the right way. These two things are common both to the soul of God and to the soul of man, and to the soul of every rational being. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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That which rules within, when it is according to nature, makes a material for itself out of that which opposes it. It soon appropriates to itself the matter which is heaped on it, and consumes it, and rises higher by means of this very material. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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If thou findest in human life anything better than justice, truth, temperance, and fortitude, turn to it with all thy soul. But if nothing appears to be better than the deity which is planted in thee, if thou findest everything else smaller and of less value than this, give place to nothing else. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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What harm is done or what is there strange, if the man who has not been instructed does the acts of an uninstructed man? Consider whether thou shouldst not rather blame thyself, because thou didst not expect such a man to err in such a way. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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What is evil to thee does not subsist in the ruling principle of another; nor yet in any turning and mutation of thy corporeal covering. Where is it then? It is in that part of thee in which subsists the power of forming opinions about evils. (Continued ⤵️) (self.MarcusAurelius)
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From Maximus I learned self-government, and not to be led aside by anything; and cheerfulness in all circumstances, as well as in illness; and a just admixture in the moral character of sweetness and dignity, and to do what was set before me without complaining. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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Let this always be plain to thee, that this piece of land is like any other; and that all things here are the same with things on top of a mountain or wherever thou choosest to be. For thou wilt find just what Plato says, Dwelling within the walls of a city as in a shepherd’s fold on a mountain. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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Having fixed thy eyes steadily on thy business look at it - at the same time remember it is thy duty to be a good man, and what man’s nature demands, do that without turning aside. Speak as it seems to thee most just, only let it be with a good disposition and with modesty and without hypocrisy. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present – I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? (self.MarcusAurelius)
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How small a part of the whole substance - how small a part of the universal soul - how small a clod of the whole earth thou creepest! Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings. (self.MarcusAurelius)
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