Spirituality Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.

— Marcus Aurelius

The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.

— Marcus Aurelius

I consist of a little body and a soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

— Marcus Aurelius

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”

— Marcus Aurelius

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to…

— Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

— Marcus Aurelius

“It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream”

— Marcus Aurelius

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

— Marcus Aurelius

Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

— Marcus Aurelius

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

— Marcus Aurelius

“The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from…

— Marcus Aurelius

Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn…

— Marcus Aurelius

The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where…

— Marcus Aurelius

“For there is no retreat that is quieter or freer from trouble than a man’s own soul, especially when he has within…

— Marcus Aurelius

In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance…

— Marcus Aurelius

Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God;…

— Marcus Aurelius

“But he that honours a reasonable soul in general, as it is reasonable and naturally sociable, doth little regard anything else: and…

— Marcus Aurelius

“One is that things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable; but our perturbations come only from…

— Marcus Aurelius

“In the life of man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushlight, his…

— Marcus Aurelius

“In the human life time is but an instant, and the substance of it a flux, and the perception dull, and the…

— Marcus Aurelius

"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up:…

— Marcus Aurelius

“But among the things readiest to hand to which you shall turn, let there be these two: One is that things do…

— Marcus Aurelius

For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when…

— Marcus Aurelius

“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

“Don’t let yourself forget how many doctors have died, furrowing their brows over how many deathbeds. How many astrologers, after pompous forecasts…

— Marcus Aurelius

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

— Marcus Aurelius

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.

— Marcus Aurelius

“Such as you are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for your soul is dyed through…

— Marcus Aurelius

Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.

— Marcus Aurelius

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

— Marcus Aurelius