“Anger and the sorrow it produces are far more harmful than the things which make us angry.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“LII. To them that are sick of the jaundice, honey seems bitter; and to them that are bitten by a mad dog,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself, "I have to go to work - as a human being. What… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share
