More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'
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.
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
