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The Way… according to Marcus Aurelius

by Pathless PathAuthenticity November 30, 2020December 16, 20200 comments

Perform each action as if it were your last, without willfulness, or any passionate aversion to what reason approves, without hypocrisy or selfishness, or discontent with the decrees of Providence. You will then see how few things are necessary to master a smooth-flowing life. Marcus Aurelius.

Marcus Aurelius’s Wisdom

by Pathless PathAuthenticity October 19, 20200 comments

The counsels of Maximus taught me to command myself, to judge clearly, to be of good courage in sickness and other misfortunes, to be moderate, gentle, yet serious in disposition, and to accomplish my appointed task without repining. All men believed that Maximus spoke as he thought; and whatever he did, they knew it was …

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