"Put from you the belief that 'I..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole.”

“It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.”

“Everything is but what we think it.”

“There is a drowsy state, between sleeping and waking, when you dream more in five minutes with your eyes half open, and yourself half conscious of everything that is passing around you, than you would in five nights with your eyes fast closed, and your senses wrapt in perfect unconsciousness. At such time, a mortal knows just enough of what his mind is doing, to form some glimmering conception of its mighty powers, its bounding from earth and spurning time and space, when freed from the restraint of its corporeal associate.”

“Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.”

“Painting is concerned with the ten things you can see: these are darkness and brightness, substance and color, form and place, remoteness and nearness, movement and rest.”

“I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.”

“Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.”

“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”