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
“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
“For there is no retreat that is quieter or freer from trouble than a man’s own soul, especially when he has within… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight,… — 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
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
What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Everything of the body is a river. Everything of the soul is dream and vapour. Life is war and the abode of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“These two things be common to the souls, as of God, so of men, and of every reasonable creature, first that in… — 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
“But he that honours a reasonable soul in general, as it is reasonable and naturally sociable, doth little regard anything else: and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“In the life of man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushlight, his… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up:… — 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
“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
“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
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
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
