Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Take full account of the excellencies which you possess and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them if you had them not.

Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.

Without a purpose nothing should be done.

A mans worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.

A mans happiness: to do the things proper to man.

The one thing worth living for is to keep ones soul pure.

To them that ask where have you seen the Gods or how do you know for certain there are Gods that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul and yet I respect and honor it.

If thou workest at that which is before thee following right reason seriously vigorously calmly without allowing anything else to distract thee but keeping thy divine part pure as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediately if thou holdest to this expecting nothing fearing nothing but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

I often marvel how it is that though each man loves himself beyond all else he should yet value his own opinion of himself less than that of others.

Accept the things To which fate binds you and Love the people with whom fate Brings you together But do so with all your heart.

Life is a strangers sojourn a night at an inn.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

Snow endures but for a season and joy comes with the morning.

To live each day as though ones last never flustered never apathetic never attitudinizing-here is perfection of character.

Time is a sort of river of passing events and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place and this too will be swept away.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts ... take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

A mans life is what his thoughts make it.