Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.

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.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.

A mans worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of peoples actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is mans life.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.