When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.
Marcus AureliusAccustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.
Marcus AureliusTake full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
Marcus AureliusThis is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.
Marcus AureliusFor nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.
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