Marcus aelius concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you you don't have to turn this into something it doesn't have to upset you the present is all we have to live in or to lose [Music] stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore Let each thing you would do say or intend be like that of a dying person the things you think about determine the quality of your mind your soul takes on the color of your thoughts today
I escaped anxiety or no I discarded it because it was Within Me In My Own perceptions not [Music] outside you have to assemble your life yourself action by action the impediment into action advances action what stands in the way becomes the way the best revenge is not to be like your enemy you can also commit Injustice by doing [Music] nothing receive without Pride let go without attachment if it's endurable then endure it stop complaining have I done something for the common good then I share in the benefits it never ceases to amaze me we all
love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinion than our own it's unfortunate that this has happened no it's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed if it is not right do not do it if it is not true do not say it you always own the option of having no opinion ask yourself at every moment is this necessary if something is humanly possible it's attainable by you [Music] too think of yourself as dead you have lived your life now take what's left and live it properly someone despises me that's
their problem everything is born from change you have power over your mind not outside events when Jarred unavoidably by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the Rhythm more than you can help you could leave life right now let that determine what you do say and [Music] think our life is what our thoughts make it if you don't have a consistent goal in life you can't live it in a consistent way get back up when you fail celebrate behaving like a [Music] human limit yourself to the present the Tranquility that comes when you
stop caring what they say or think or do only what you [Music] do don't you see how much you have to offer and yet you still settle for less Mastery of reading and writing requires a [Music] master the struggle is great the task Divine to gain Mastery Freedom happiness and Tranquility do not let others hold you back a blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it to love only what happens no greater [Music] Harmony if it's humanly possible you can do it too choose not to be harmed and you
won't feel harmed don't feel harmed and you haven't been don't procrastinate don't confuse don't wander don't be passive or aggressive don't be all about business love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own practice even what seems impossible there is never any need to get worked up about things you can't control people exist for one another the nearer a man comes to a Calm Mind the closer he is to strength senica we suffer more in imagination than in reality difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body being poor is not
having too little it is wanting more if a man knows not to which Port he sails no wind is favorable it's better to conquer grief than to deceive it life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past neglect the present and Fear the Future No Man Is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity for he is not permitted to prove himself everything hangs on one's thinking a man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is it's not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a
lot of it all cruelty Springs from [Music] weakness a gem cannot be polished without fr ition nor a man perfected without [Music] trials he who is everywhere is nowhere as long as you live keep learning how to live it is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor [Music] sometimes even to live is an act of Courage you can tell the character of every man when you see how he gives and receives praise it is not that we have a short space of time but that we waste
much of it the greatest remedy for anger is delay how much progress shall I make you ask just as much as you try to make wisdom comes halfhazard to no man this is our big mistake to think we look forward to death most of death is already gone whatever time has passed is owned by Death if what you have seems insufficient to you then though you possess the world you will yet be miserable most powerful is he who has himself in his own [Music] power it does not matter what you bear but how you bear
[Music] it nothing Delights the mind as much as loving and loyal friendship whatever can happen at any time can happen today Excellence Withers without an [Music] adversary Joy comes to us from Those whom we love even when they are absent what progress have I made I have begun to be a friend to myself if my wealth goes away it takes with it nothing but itself epicus if you wish to improve be content to appear clueless or stupid don't just say that you have read books show that through them you have learned to think [Music] better
I canot escape death but at least I can escape the fear of [Music] it don't explain your philosophy embody it you become what you give your attention to it's impossible possible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows if you are ever tempted to look for outside approval realize that you have compromised your integrity if you need a witness be your own how long are you going to wait before you demand the best for [Music] yourself if your choices are beautiful so too will you be if someone succeeds in provoking you realize
that your mind is complicit in the provocation it's not things that upset us but our judgments about things circumstances don't make the man they only reveal him to himself welcome events in whichever way they happen this is the path to [Music] peace the key is to keep company only with people who uplift you whose presence calls forth your best the essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things no man is free who is not master of himself the more we value things
outside our control the less control we [Music] have you are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants seek not the good and external things seek it in yourselves curb your desire don't set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need devote the rest of your life to making progress [Music] better to trip with the feet than with the tongue if you lay violent hands on me you'll have my body but my mind will remain with stillo happiness is
a good flow of life a bad feeling is a commotion of the Mind repugnant to reason and against nature well-being is realized by small steps but is truly no small thing man conquers the World by conquering himself we have two ears and one mouth so we should listen more than we [Music] say he is best of all men who follows good advice good too is he who finds out all things for himself no loss should be more regrettable to us than losing our time for it's irretrievable follow where reason [Music] leads steal your sensibilities so
that life shall hurt you as little as possible no evil is Honorable but death is Honorable therefore death is not evil all the good are friends of one another no one entrusts a secret to a drunken man but one will entrust a secret to a good man therefore the good man will not get drunk all things are parts of one single system which is called nature the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature seeing that the Universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise should it not be considered animate
and wise itself the end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or in other words in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe when a dog is tied to a cart if it wants to follow it is pulled and follows making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity but if the dog does not follow it will be compelled in any case so it is with men too even if they don't want to they will be compelled to follow what is destined fate is the endless chain of connection whereby
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