“Let no act be done without purpose.”
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
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Source: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Source: Meditations
“Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.”
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
Source: Meditations: A New Translation
Source: Meditations: A New Translation
“How many together with whom I came into the world are already gone out of it.”
Source: Meditations
“Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.”
Source: Meditations (Diversion Classics)
“The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.”
“The intelligence of the universe is social.”
Source: Meditations
“If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.”
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
Source: Meditations
“Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.”
Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
“Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.”
“Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.”