What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
MARCUS AURELIUSDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Confine yourself to the present.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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