Literature, Culture, and the Humanities
"If thou workest at that which is before thee,
following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything
else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldst be
bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing,
fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature,
and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt
live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this."
--Marcus Aurelius