No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.
Marcus AureliusBlot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.
Marcus AureliusThere is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
Marcus AureliusDeath and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble nor shameful - and hence neither good nor bad.
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