The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace… — 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
Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“He who dreads death, dreads either an extinction of all sense, or dreads a different sort of sensation. If all sense is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Each of us lives only now, in this brief instant. The rest of our life has been lived already, or is impossible… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Turn thy thoughts now to the consideration of thy life, thy life as a child, as a youth, thy manhood, thy old… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Even if you were destined to live three thousand years, or ten times that long, nevertheless remember that no one loses any… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Do not disturb yourself by thinking of the whole of your life. Do not let your thoughts at once embrace all the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“In the life of man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushlight, his… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Remember how long you have been putting off these things, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it. — 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
