54. Everywhere and at all times it is in your power piously to acquiesce in your present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about you and to exert your skill upon your present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Seven
Chapter Subtitle: What is badness? It is that which you have often seen.
Location: Chapter 7, Section 54
Content:
54. Everywhere and at all times it is in your power piously to acquiesce in your present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about you and to exert your skill upon your present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.