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Marcus Aurelius, summed it up in eight words—eight words that can determine your destiny: “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
Dale Carnegie • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie Books)
Cicero versus Catiline
Mary Beard • SPQR

the Imitation of Christ.
Marcus Aurelius • Meditations

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius • Meditations
Cicero versus Catiline
Mary Beard • SPQR
Cicero reflects exactly that when he sums up Servius Tullius’ political objectives in approving tones: ‘He divided the people in this way to ensure that voting power was under the control not of the rabble but of the wealthy, and he saw to it that the greatest number did not have the greatest power – a principle that we should always stand by in po
... See moreMary Beard • SPQR
Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman Emperor, said: "A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."