What did Marcus Aurelius mean by: It were well to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none. Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy Copy
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Simplicity, Tranquility, Wisdom, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. Author, October 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Duality, Existence, Morality, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ To live happily is an inward power of the soul. Read explanation Author, February 14, 2023December 25, 2024, Marcus Aurelius, Happiness, Power, Soul, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Joy, Renewal, Transience, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Ridiculous, Strange, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Control, Perception, Self-awareness, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ Be content to seem what you really are. Author, October 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Acceptance, Authenticity, Self-awareness, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Creation, Existence, Persistence, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
