No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.
Marcus AureliusMost of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.
Marcus AureliusLook well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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