“Marcus Aurelius appoints personal character and conscience the ultimate refuge of happiness-seekers: the only place where dreams of happiness, doomed to die childless and intestate anywhere else, are not bound to be frustrated.” CharacterDreamDiesConscienceUltimateBoundsFrustratedRefugeDoomedSeekersPersonal Character Book:The Art of Life Source: The Art of Life
“Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe: Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law!” FirstsSoulUseDreamLawStrongArmsConscienceAweCowardBabblingStrong Arms Book:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare