Where do you go to find inner peace? The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius suggested people often seek retreat in the country, by sea, and in the hills, and even he is prone to this yearning. What if we don’t need to go anywhere to find peace?

In Book IV of Meditations, Marcus wrote, "But all this is quite unphilosophic, when it is open to you, at any time you want, to retreat into yourself. No retreat offers someone more quiet and relaxation than that into his own mind. So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself." [...]

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