That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. — 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
“Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all. And before long you’ll be no one, nowhere.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy æther knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is… — 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
Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature. — 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
Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“And why is it so hard when things go against you? If it’s imposed by nature, accept it gladly and stop fighting… — 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
All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up:… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of… — 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
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
“You have embarked, made the voyage, and come to shore; get out. If indeed to another life, there is no want of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Stir up thy mind, and recall thy wits again from thy natural dreams, and visions, and when thou art perfectly awoken, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do not fear death, but welcome it, since it too comes from nature. For just as we are young and grow old,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“.. how worthless are all these poor people who are engaged in matters political, and, as they suppose, are playing the philosopher.… — 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
No one can keep you from living as your nature requires. Nothings can happen to you that is not required by Nature. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason. — 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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
