Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
MARCUS AURELIUSNo one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
-
-
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
You always own the option of having no opinion.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Anger cannot be dishonest.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
What we do now echoes in eternity.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
MARCUS AURELIUS -
Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
MARCUS AURELIUS