"I'm going to be meeting with people..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.”

“Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unableto hold out against even this.”

“Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.”

“The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.”

“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”

“Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life.”

“When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.”

“when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.”

“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!”