“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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