“Swiftly the remembrance of all things is buried in the gulf of eternity.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Remember: philosophy requires only what your nature already demands.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Studying philosophy instills modesty and straightforwardness in your character.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the… — 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
“From my great-grandfather: not to have attended schools for the public; to have had good teachers at home, and to realize that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement, and to possess a large room for… — 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… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too - ready to understand heaven and earth.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“In the human life time is but an instant, and the substance of it a flux, and the perception dull, and the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“When people injure you, ask yourself what good or harm they thought would come of it. If you understand that, you'll feel… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy. But this consists in keeping… — 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
“The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Don’t let yourself forget how many doctors have died, furrowing their brows over how many deathbeds. How many astrologers, after pompous forecasts… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very… — 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
