"Past and future have no power over..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
More by Marcus Aurelius
“Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.”
“Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.”
“"Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial”
More on Present Moment
“Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”
“To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you?”
“Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.”
More on Control
“For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.”
“I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.”
“The enemies of intellectual liberty always try to present their case as a plea for discipline versus individualism. The issue truth-versus-untruth is as far as possible kept in the background.”