“Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial.”

— Marcus Aurelius · Life quote

Emperor · 121 – 180

Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, author of the Meditations.

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The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Loss is nothing else but change,and change is Natures delight.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.