"Nature which governs the whole will soon..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new.
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“Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them”
“A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common than to see wealthy persons live scandalously and miserably; riches do them no service in order to virtue and happiness; therefore 'tis precept and principle, not an estate, that makes a man good for something.”
“Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.”
More on Nature
“How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.”
“How do I become still?By flowing with the stream.”
“A root is a flower that disdains fame.”
More on Change
“In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.”
“We cannot resolve the problems of the world by unsing the same techniques that have created them.”
“It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.”