“Disturbance comes only from within—from our own perceptions.”
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“By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.”
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
“You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.”
“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”
“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.”
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”
“The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder.”
“Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.”
“Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers.”