29. Neither in writing nor in reading will you be able to lay down rules for others before you shall have first learned to obey rules yourself Much more is this so in life.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Eleven
Chapter Subtitle: These are the properties of the rational soul: it sees itself, analyses itself, and makes itself such as it chooses; the fruit which it bears itself enjoys- for the fruits of plants and that in animals which corresponds to fruits others enjoy- it obtains its own end, wherever the limit of life may be fixed.
Location: Chapter 11, Section 29
Content:
29. Neither in writing nor in reading will you be able to lay down rules for others before you shall have first learned to obey rules yourself Much more is this so in life.