Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

The rational part of your mind has power over itself. It can stir itself up and redirect itself. It also shapes how it sees itself and everything that happens, according to its own will.

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Freedom & Control Knowing Yourself
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

The rational commanding part, as it alone can stir up and turn itself; so it maketh both itself to be, and everything that happeneth, to appear unto itself, as it will itself.

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Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

Let this be your only joy and comfort: to move from one kind act to another without stopping, always keeping God in your mind.

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Doing The Right Thing What Matters Most
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

Let this be thy only joy, and thy only comfort, from one sociable kind action without intermission to pass unto another, God being ever in thy mind.

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