Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself! — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil. — 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
