„Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.“

— Marcus Aurelius

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„How art thou out of breath when thou hast breathTo say to me that thou art out of breath?“
— William Shakespeare
„Let it not be in any man's power to say truly of thee that thou art not simple or that thou art not good; but let him be a liar whoever shall think anything of this kind about thee; and this is altogether in thy power.“
— Marcus Aurelius
„…Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein!“
— Aleister Crowley
„O little booke, thou art so unconning,How darst thou put thy-self in prees for drede?“
— Geoffrey Chaucer
„Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful“
— William Shakespeare
„Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what is done for the benefit of the whole; or there are only atoms, and nothing else than a mixture and dispersion. Why, then, art thou disturbed? Say to this ruling faculty, Art thou dead, art thou corrupted, art thou playing the hypocrite, art thou become a beast, dost thou herd and feed with the rest?“
— Marcus Aurelius
„Mercury has cast asideThe signs of intellectual pride,Freely offers thee the soul:Art thou noble to receive?“
— Margaret Fuller
„The day wears heavily, — why, then, ignore it;Peace is the soul's desire, — such thoughts restore it;The truth thou art, — it needs not implore it.“
— Margaret Fuller