"Failing to understand the workings of one's..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.”

“Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part of the world; and not even here do all agree, no, not any one with himself: and the whole earth too is a point.”

“What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.”

“Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself.”

“When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.”

“Just as surely as you can create a thought in your mind, you can create this day in the way you choose.”

“Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.”

“En un mot, l'homme conna|"t qu'il est mise rable: il est donc mise rable, puisqu'il l'est; mais il est bien grand, puisqu'il le conna|"t. In one word, man knows that he is miserable and therefore he is miserable because he knows it; but he is also worthy, because he knows his condition.”

“Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern.”