More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
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.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.
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?
