Thee Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.

— Marcus Aurelius

Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee?

— Marcus Aurelius

Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

— Marcus Aurelius

Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

— Marcus Aurelius

Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.

— Marcus Aurelius

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

— Marcus Aurelius

Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity ...

— Marcus Aurelius

Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily

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It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy…

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is…

— Marcus Aurelius

Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous…

— Marcus Aurelius

Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives…

— 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

Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the…

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Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and…

— Marcus Aurelius

In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if…

— Marcus Aurelius

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this…

— 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

No longer let thy breathing only act in concert with the air which surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be…

— Marcus Aurelius

Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles…

— Marcus Aurelius

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of…

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If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to…

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Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee 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…

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But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained…

— Marcus Aurelius

A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament.

— Marcus Aurelius

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

— Marcus Aurelius

Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

— Marcus Aurelius

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in…

— Marcus Aurelius

Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any…

— Marcus Aurelius

There are three relations [between thee and other things]: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine…

— Marcus Aurelius

Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to…

— Marcus Aurelius

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining…

— Marcus Aurelius

Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little,…

— Marcus Aurelius