"The art of living is more like..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole,and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and whatkind of a part it is of what kind of a whole; and that there is no onewho hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which areaccording to the nature of which thou art a part.”

“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.”

“When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of nature and relation between us.”

“Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.”

“Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves.”

“Life, and you, and I, and all of us together became for a while interesing to ourselves once more.”

“One of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.”

“I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.”

“It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.”