...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
But if we judge only those things which are in our power to be good or bad, there remains no reason either… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into "the secrets of the nether… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them — 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
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a… — 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
