Marcus Aurelius

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, read more

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought read more

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.

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.