The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and...… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.' — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other,… — 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
That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Suppose that thou hast detached thyself from the natural unity... yet here there is this beautiful provision, that it is in thy… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God;… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they,… — 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
