"Because other people are fools, must you..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Because other people are fools, must you be so too?
More by Marcus Aurelius
“You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.”
“Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.”
“It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.”
More on Individuality
“I'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.”
“Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.”
“Insist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.”
More on Self Reliance
“It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such.”
“If nobody will help you do it alone!”
“The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings”