Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

These things happened to you for good reason. So why don't you change? Oh, but you would rather become good tomorrow than today.

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Knowing Yourself Doing The Right Thing
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

Most justly have these things happened unto thee: why dost not thou amend? O but thou hadst rather become good to-morrow, than to be so to-day.

Meditations, Book 8, Section 21 Book 8 · 25 of 67
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

What you need to think about is one of these things: the raw facts themselves, the belief or teaching about it, how it works, or what it really means.

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Knowing Yourself Calm Your Mind
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

That which must be the subject of thy consideration, is either the matter itself, or the dogma, or the operation, or the true sense and signification.

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