"Let no act be done without purpose...." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Let no act be done without purpose.
More by Marcus Aurelius
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”
“Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'”
“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”
More on Purpose
“I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one end, it responds; it is free. But it is not free to sing. So I take it and fix it into my violin. I bind it and when it is bound, it is free for the first time to sing.”
“Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall”
“Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.”