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
In death, Alexander of Macedon's end differed no whit from his stable-boy's. Either both were received into the same generative principle of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
God sees the minds (ruling principles) of all men bared of the material vesture and rind and impurities. For with his intellectual… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the… — 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
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
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle. — 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
