Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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Interior life can be cultivated like a well. What is drawn in strain is usually what has been stored in quieter days.
Marcus points inward not for self-absorption, but for renewal of governing principles. The source is not mood but disciplined return to what is true and worthy.
The line remains useful because resilience often fails where inner attention has long been neglected.
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