Marcus Aurelius quotes.
All 46 quotations by Marcus Aurelius in our collection.
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible.”
“Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”
“The greatest reward and luxury of life is to be free from anxieties and worries. And the way to get rid of them is by not dwelling on things that are forgotten.”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
“We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.”
“Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.”
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.”
“Loss is nothing else but change and change is nature's delight.”
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”
“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.”
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
“Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.”
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.”
“Man should fear never beginning to live.”
“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“Each day provides it's own gifts.”
“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”
“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.”
“Anger cannot be dishonest.”
“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”
“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.”
“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.”
“Do not try to be on the side of the majority, but live according to your inner laws.”
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.”
“By going within. Nowhere you can go is more peaceful - more free of interruptions - than your own soul.”
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.”
“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.”
“Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.”
“The best answer to anger is silence.”
“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.”
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