Sound counsel from the philosopher-emperor

Sound counsel from the philosopher-emperor July 12, 2017

 

The emperor Marcus Aurelius
A bust of the Roman philosopher and emperor Marcus Aurelius, who reigned from AD 161 to AD 180
(New York Metropolitan Museum; Wikimedia CC public domain)

 

“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.” 

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 

Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii

 

 


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