More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.