"A man's greatness lies not in wealth and station, as the vulgar believe. Nor does it lie in his intellectual capacity, which is often associated with the worst moral character - the most abject servility to those in high places and arrogance to the poor and lowly. But a man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded upon a just estimate of himself and everything else. On frequent self-examination, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right - without troubling himself, as the emperor says he should not, about what others may say , or whether they do or don't do that which he thinks and says and does." - Marcus Aurelius
