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.
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?