“Nothing is good but mediocrity. The majority has settled that, and finds fault with him who escapes it at whichever end... To leave the mean is to abandon humanity.” MeanEndsHumanityMajorityFaultsAbandonMediocrity Book:Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works Source: Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.” IfsMindMeanCourageFailingFaultsPatientCalmPeacefulImperfectionBe PatientProfitableNeighbourImpatientCorrectionsPeaceful MindDisheartened Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part. So far as their gifts, aid, and inspiration are concerned, nothing prevented me from following the path prescribed by nature. If from time to time I have strayed from this path, the fault lies with me and with my failure to heed the gods' signs, or rather, their explicit instructions.” IfsMeanInspirationLyingPathClearConcernedFaultsFollowingAidsConformityInstructionCompellingHeedExplicit Book:The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations