“Never wilt your soul, never be just good, simple or unpolished. Manifest more then the body that surrounds yourself.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The soul of a man harms itself, first and foremost, when it becomes (as far as it can) a separate growth, a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Let the part of your soul that leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee? — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“to say all in a word, everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“One is that things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable; but our perturbations come only from… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where… — 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
Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Of the life of man the duration is but a point, its substance streaming away, its perception dim, the fabric of the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“But among the things readiest to hand to which you shall turn, let there be these two: One is that things do… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God;… — 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