Should Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

— Marcus Aurelius

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

— Marcus Aurelius

You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.

— Marcus Aurelius

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

— Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

Without a purpose, nothing should be done.

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything that happens, happens as it should.

— Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

— Marcus Aurelius

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

— Marcus Aurelius

It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

— Marcus Aurelius

Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to…

— Marcus Aurelius

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or…

— Marcus Aurelius

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am…

— Marcus Aurelius

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How…

— Marcus Aurelius

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead…

— Marcus Aurelius

Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of…

— Marcus Aurelius

Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that…

— Marcus Aurelius

Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the…

— Marcus Aurelius

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must…

— Marcus Aurelius

When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort…

— Marcus Aurelius

Why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements? For it is according to nature,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So…

— Marcus Aurelius

A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating…

— Marcus Aurelius

Why should anyone be afraid of change? What can take place without it? What can be more pleasing or more suitable to…

— Marcus Aurelius

Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go…

— Marcus Aurelius

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?

— Marcus Aurelius

In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which…

— Marcus Aurelius

If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having…

— Marcus Aurelius

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either…

— Marcus Aurelius

From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to…

— Marcus Aurelius

It is right that man should love those who have offended him. He will do so when he remembers that all men…

— Marcus Aurelius

Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they,…

— Marcus Aurelius