Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms — 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
But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgement about it.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and… — 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
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason,… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
![“What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has viewed carefully and by examination into their nature the things which happen in life? Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own…” quote by Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f35/marcus-aurelius-139_activity_what-matter-and-opportunity-for-thy-acti_3145349.jpg)
