“ It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius
“ Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. Marcus Aurelius
“ All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion. Marcus Aurelius
“ Time is like a river of fleeting events and its current is strong as soon as something comes into sight it is swept past us and something else takes its place and that too will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius
“ What need of prompt or hint when it is open to yourself to discern what needs to be done - and, if you can see your way, to follow it with kind but undeviating intent. If you cannot see the way, hold… Marcus Aurelius
“ Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. Marcus Aurelius
“ Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Aurelius
“ Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Marcus Aurelius
“ Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first… Marcus Aurelius
“ Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him. Marcus Aurelius
“ You should always be ready to apply these two rules of action, the first, to do nothing other than what the kingly and law-making art ordains for the benefits of humankind, and, the second, to be prep… Marcus Aurelius
