The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith. — 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
All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little… — 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
Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and… — 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
