Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Confine yourself to the present.
MA Marcus AureliusRoman emperor & Stoic · 121–180Co znaczy ten cytat
Anxiety lives in past and future; peace is found by returning to now. Aurelius offers the present moment as the one place you can actually stand.
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Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher whose private notebook, Meditations, remains a handbook for steady living.
This line is among the quotes by Marcus Aurelius that readers return to on spokój, drawn from Meditations — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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