Markus Steen

“We recognized each other immediately.
Perhaps we came from another
life where we hadn't yet
finished loving each other.”
― michaelpoetryy

“Do not be dilatory in action, muddled in communication, or vague in thought. Don't let your mind settle into depression or elation. Allow some leisure in your life.
'They kill, they cut in pieces, they hunt with curses.' What relevance has this to keeping your mind pure, sane, sober, just? As if a man were to come up to a spring of clear, sweet water and curse it- it would still continue to bubble up water good to drink. He could throw in mud or dung: in no time the spring will break it down, wash it away, and take no colour from it. How then can you secure an everlasting spring and not a cistern? By keeping yourself at all times intent on freedom- and staying kind, simple and decent. p81”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“The dog that weeps after it kills is no better than the dog that doesn’t. My guilt will not purify me”
― Unknown

“I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face”
― Franz Kafka