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• Dare to look up to God and say, "Make use of me for the future as Thou wilt.
  I am of the same mind; I am one with Thee. I refuse nothing which seems good to Thee....
• Do what thou wilt is the whole of the law, but then there is always chaos to consider.
• Suit thyself to the estate in which thy lot is cast.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, vi, 39...
• Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, ii, 5...
• Whatever happens at all happens as it should; thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch narrowly.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iv, 10...
• Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond
  o is the whole universe. -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, ix, 19...
• Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, viii, 22...
• Always look for the silver trashcan lining.
• Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, v, 9...