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| Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.' It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities. Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last. Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there. Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. The happiness of you life depends on the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notion unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong as 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. Very little is needed to make a happy life. |
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