More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
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.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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?'
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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.
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.
