"Indeed, if you find anything in human life better than justice, truth, self-control, courage-in short, anything better than the sufficiency of your own mind, which keeps you acting according to the demands of true reason and accepting what fate gives you outside of your own power of choice-I tell you, if you can see anything better than this, turn to it heart and soul and take full advantage of this greater good you've found."-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 3.6.1
("사실, 만약 인간 삶에서 정의, 진실, 자제력, 용기, 다시 말해 진정한 이성을 따르는 행동과 자신의 선택 권한 밖에서 운명이 주는 것을 받아들이는 자기 자신의 마음의 충분함보다 더 나은 것을 찾는다면, 이보다 더 나은 것을 발견할 수 있다면, 마음과 영혼을 그리로 돌려 이 더 큰 선을 최대한 활용하십시오." - 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상록, 3.6.1)
We've all chased things we thought would matter. At some point, we all thought that money would be the answer, that success was the highest prize, that the undying love of a beautiful person would finally make us feel warm inside. What do we find when we actually attain these sacred objects? Not that they are empty or meaningless- only those who have never had them think that--but what we find is that they are not enough.
Money creates problems. Climbing one mountain exposes another, higher peak. There is never ...