Book IV.3
Famous 'retreat into thyself' passage: no retreat is more quiet than one's own soul.
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From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Following Epictetus, Marcus locates the good in the hegemonikon (ruling reason) and insists external events cannot harm the self; only our judgments do.
Book IV.7
Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint... the hurt is taken away.Read in Books4Free →
Book VIII.47
If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it.Read in Books4Free →
Book XII.22
Everything depends on opinion; opinion is in your power.
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