Today, I am going to share two excerpts from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. The first is from Chapter 5.11 and the second is from 5.16.
Marcus writes: Toward what end am I now making use of my soul? Each day question and cross-examine yourself: What is really my own within this very part which people like to call the ‘ruling part’ and which is often that in name only? What kind of soul do I have at this very moment? That of a child? of an adolescent? of a tyrant? of livestock? of a beast?
Marcus writes: Whatever kind of impressions you receive most often, so too will be your mind, for the soul is dyed with the color of one’s impressions. Therefore, color your soul with continuous thoughts like these: wherever there is life, there, too, the good life is possible; there is life in the royal halls, and so even in the royal halls it is possible to live rightly.
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