More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
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.
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.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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.
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
