Marcus Aurelius
Forget gazing at the mirror and mouthing 'I am worth it', or 'I will succeed', or even 'Hey beautiful'. Dangerous modern pyschobabble. Instead, learn from Marcus Aurelius (121AD-180AD):
"Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today inquisitive, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men."--Meditations, ii-1
Speaking of lessons old, my copy of Meditations was printed in 1967 by Everyman's Library, which managed to put out a paperback that has lasted for damn close to forty years. Oxford University Press could pick up a tip or two here (see my previous post: OUP & Ethics).
Meditations, like many other classics, is available as an e-text. You can find it here.
"Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today inquisitive, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men."--Meditations, ii-1
Speaking of lessons old, my copy of Meditations was printed in 1967 by Everyman's Library, which managed to put out a paperback that has lasted for damn close to forty years. Oxford University Press could pick up a tip or two here (see my previous post: OUP & Ethics).
Meditations, like many other classics, is available as an e-text. You can find it here.
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