God give me patience, to reconcile with what I am not able to changeGive me strength to change what I canAnd give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.
Weitere Zitate von Marcus Aurelius
Zum Autor"If thou workest at that which is before thee ... Expecting nothing fearing nothing but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this."
"He is so rich, he has no room to shit."
"Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished."
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
"Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself."
"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."