It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think. — 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
“What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I… — 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
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
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of… — 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
Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast, select… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think on this doctrine,-that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“spend not thy time in thinking, what such a man doth, and to what end: what he saith, and what he thinks,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou… — 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
