“He is an abscess on the universe who withdraws and separates himself from the reason of our common nature through being displeased… — 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
“These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature of the universe, and what is mine—in particular: This unto… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest been lived already, or is impossible to see. The span we… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The Stoic discovers the model for his virtuous conduct in studying the laws of nature; just as each object, plant, and animal… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same. — 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
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
“First, do not be upset: all things follow the nature of the Whole, and in a little while you will be no… — 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
“Another useful point to bear in mind: What qualities has nature given us to counter that defect? As an antidote to unkindness… — 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
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Spend your brief moment according to nature's law, and serenely greet the journey's end as an olive falls when it is ripe,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“To grieve or be angry about or fear what happens to you is to be a fugitive from the law of nature.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to… — 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
