Thinking Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything is but what we think it.

— Marcus Aurelius

A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

— Marcus Aurelius

All is as thinking makes it so

— Marcus Aurelius

Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.

— Marcus Aurelius

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

— Marcus Aurelius

It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.

— Marcus Aurelius

“What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?”

— Marcus Aurelius

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

— Marcus Aurelius

Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.

— Marcus Aurelius

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect…

— Marcus Aurelius

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider…

— Marcus Aurelius

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I…

— Marcus Aurelius

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light…

— Marcus Aurelius

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I…

— Marcus Aurelius

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears…

— Marcus Aurelius

Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well…

— 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

“Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbours, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To…

— Marcus Aurelius

When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of…

— 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

So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of…

— Marcus Aurelius

Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have…

— Marcus Aurelius

Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring…

— Marcus Aurelius

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

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything is born from change. ...there is nothing nature loves more that to alter what exists and make new things like it.…

— Marcus Aurelius

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on…

— 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

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

— Marcus Aurelius

All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else.…

— Marcus Aurelius

He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate…

— Marcus Aurelius

Think on this doctrine,-that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were…

— Marcus Aurelius

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I…

— Marcus Aurelius

One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to…

— Marcus Aurelius

From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou…

— Marcus Aurelius

When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that…

— Marcus Aurelius

When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and…

— Marcus Aurelius