All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee. — 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
Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity ... — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
No longer let thy breathing only act in concert with the air which surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There are three relations [between thee and other things]: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little,… — 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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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