Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

If I see things clearly right now, and I act with kindness, and I accept whatever comes from God with a good heart, that's enough.

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Calm Your Mind Doing The Right Thing
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

If my present apprehension of the object be right, and my present action charitable, and this, towards whatsoever doth proceed from God, be my present disposition, to be well pleased with it, it sufficeth.

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Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

When someone sins, they sin against themselves. When someone is unjust, they hurt themselves by making themselves worse than they were before. Not only the person who does wrong things is unjust, but often the person who fails to do right things is unjust too.

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

He that sinneth, sinneth unto himself. He that is unjust, hurts himself, in that he makes himself worse than he was before. Not he only that committeth, but he also that omitteth something, is oftentimes unjust.

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