The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: "What is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give… — 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
