

“Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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