Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change - for it is the truth I seek, and the truth never harmed anyone. Harm comes from persisting in error and clinging to ignorance.
Marcus AureliusWhosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
Marcus AureliusIn 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?
Marcus AureliusLook within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Marcus AureliusAnything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither better nor worse. This applies even more to what it commonly called beautiful: natural objects, for example, or works of art. True beauty has no need of anything beyond itself.
Marcus Aurelius