Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Famous Quotes & Sayings
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.
Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this
Sixth, consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead.
Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.
When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.
Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.
The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy aether knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made.
Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change. 43.
Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we're practically showered with them.
When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not.
This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.
To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken of:
8. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you - inside or out.
To pursue the impossible is madness: but it is impossible for evil men not to do things of this sort.
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.
My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.
Do nothing against thy will, nor contrary to the community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy.
There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.
Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.
It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.
Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.
People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time - even when hard at work.
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
Don't live as though you were going to live a myriad years. Fate is hanging over your head; while you have life, while you may, become good.
He who has seen the present has seen everything, that which happened in the most distant past and that which will happen in the future.
All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.
Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.
Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.