Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, Book V.20
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
Reflection
Not every obstacle is a gift, and pretending otherwise is its own burden. But the blocked path does tell you where the real work is.
Source record
- Author
- Marcus Aurelius
- Original source
- Meditations, Book V.20
- Original date
- c. 170 AD
- Edition used
- Trans. George Long, 1862 — public domain
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