“It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.' No, you should rather say: 'It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearful of the future.' Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it without pain. So why see more misfortune in the event than good fortune in your ability to bear it?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Whether you are shivering with cold or too hot, sleepy or wide awake, spoken well of or badly, dying, or doing anything else, do not let it interfere with doing what is right. For whatever causes us to die is also one of life's processes. Even for this, nothing is required of us than to accomplish well the task at hand.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Whatever time you choose is the right time. Not late, not early.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Do not let the future disturb you, for you will arrive there, if you arrive, with the same reason you now apply to the present.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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