Spirituality Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”

— Marcus Aurelius

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

— Marcus Aurelius

The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.

— Marcus Aurelius

I consist of a little body and a soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.

— Marcus Aurelius

The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.

— Marcus Aurelius

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.

— Marcus Aurelius

“Such as you are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for your soul is dyed through…

— Marcus Aurelius

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

— Marcus Aurelius

“Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Never wilt your soul, never be just good, simple or unpolished. Manifest more then the body that surrounds yourself.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to…

— Marcus Aurelius

“to say all in a word, everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is…

— Marcus Aurelius

In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of…

— Marcus Aurelius

“It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things…

— 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

“Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then…

— Marcus Aurelius

Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn…

— Marcus Aurelius

The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where…

— Marcus Aurelius

For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Of the life of man the duration is but a point, its substance streaming away, its perception dim, the fabric of the…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Let the part of your soul that leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or…

— Marcus Aurelius

Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too…

— Marcus Aurelius

My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were…

— Marcus Aurelius

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The soul of a man harms itself, first and foremost, when it becomes (as far as it can) a separate growth, a…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The soul of man is thus an emanation from the godhead, into whom it will eventually be re-absorbed. The divine ruling principle…

— Marcus Aurelius

“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

“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

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

— Marcus Aurelius

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

— Marcus Aurelius

“everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream”

— Marcus Aurelius

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

— Marcus Aurelius

“It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

— Marcus Aurelius