Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Quotes
It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.
striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.
There’s nothing more insufferable than people who boast about their own humility
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
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.
Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity.
A key point to bear in mind: The value of attentiveness varies in proportion to its object. You’re better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.
Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...
God give me patience, to reconcile with what I am not able to changeGive me strength to change what I canAnd give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.
When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love
We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first.
Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised.
You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
How good it is, when you have roast meat or suchlike foods before you, to impress on your mind that this is the dead body of a fish, this the dead body of a bird or pig.
Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.
The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all.
