More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
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?'
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
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.
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.