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| Marcus Aurelius
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.Do every act of your life as if it were your last.Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ''This is a misfortune'' but ''To bear this worthily is good fortune.'' It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Nowhere does a man retire with more quiet or freedom than into his own soul. The art of living is more like wresting than dancing. The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. Thou must be like a promontory of the sea, against which, though the waves beat continually, yet it both itself stands, and about it are those swelling waves stilled and quieted. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one!We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that. We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Where a man can live, he can also live well. |
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