Welcome to the Quote of the Week! Your weekly spiritual snack for mind, body & soul. This week's quotes are from Marcus Aurelius's book, The Meditations, which was his own personal manual for living. By the way, Marcus Aurelius was the old emperor in the movie "Gladiator." :).
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"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill will, and selfishness-all of them due to the offenders' ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother; therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading"
Marcus Aurelius (To Himself, II.1)
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Three more pieces of wisdom...
"Have I done an unselfish thing? Well then, I have my reward. Keep this thought ever present, and persevere."
"Forget the future. When and if it comes, you'll have the same resources to draw on--the same Logos."
"Think of yourself as dead. You've lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly."
Marcus Aurelius
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Wishing you a most beautful day, wherever this may find you.
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