And he had to live thus all alone on the brink of an abyss, with no one who understood or pitied him.


“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
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“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

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