More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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?'
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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.
There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
