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“Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another.”
Book VII • Marcus Aurelius“Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.”
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson • Mark Twain“Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.”
A Tale of Two Cities • Charles Dickens“But when returning into herself she [the soul] reflects; then she passes into the realm of purity, and eternity, and immortality, and unchangeableness, which are her kindred, and with them she ever lives, when she is by herself and is not let or hindered; then she ceases from her erring ways, and being in communion with the unchanging is unchanging. And this state of the soul is called wisdom.”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“Disturbance comes only from within—from our own perceptions. ”
Book IV • Marcus Aurelius