Marcus Aurelius
“…for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, V.16 — tr. George Long, 1862
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Attribution
Marcus Aurelius
Source
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, V.16 — tr. George Long, 1862
In full
“…for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.”
Status
Public domain in the United States
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About this line
The Greek verb Marcus uses means dipped or dyed — the same image as cloth taking a color. Whatever you steep your mind in, he’s saying, is the color your whole character comes out. The design prints the fragment; the full sentence is the argument.
Why we carry this line
What you “think about.” You become the color of your thoughts. This was said a lot of years ago and is still on point today.
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