"If you are distressed by something, it..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object.”

“In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a prey of worms, his soul an unquiet eddy, his fortune dark, his fame doubtful. In short, all that is body is as coursing waters, all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.”

“He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.”

“Get rid of the judgement ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself.”

“Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes.”

“Every light is not the sun.”

“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”

“Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.”

“I had one warden tell me since I've been out, and I visited an inmate in prison right here in New York, Warden Fay up at Green Haven. I visited an inmate in prison and he told me that he didn't want anybody in there trying to spread this religion.”