"Your task is to stand straight; not..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.
More by Marcus Aurelius
“Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.”
“Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another.”
“Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?”
More on Self Reliance
“If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.”
“When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
“I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.”
More on Integrity
“A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word. Every opinion reacts on him who utters it. It is a threadball thrown at a mark, but the other end remains on the thrower”
“I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.”
“The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little.”