“The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Do you not see then that for yourself also to change… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“As for life therefore, and death, honour and dishonour, labour and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these things happen unto men indeed,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up:… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Thy speech is not right, O man! if thou supposest that he that is of any worth at all, should apprehend either… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Never forget that the universe is a single living organism possessed of one substance and one soul, holding all things suspended in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbours, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“5. Concentrate every minute like a Roman—like a man—on doing what’s in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Let not the general representation unto thyself of the wretchedness of this our mortal life, trouble thee.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“It is not death that a man should fear, but rather he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Since it is possible that you might depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in 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