Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole... — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not… — 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
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
“time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Thus thou must use to keep thyself to the first motions and apprehensions of things, as they present themselves outwardly; and add… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Give what thou wilt, and take away what thou wilt, saith he that is well taught and truly modest, to Him that… — 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
“Which thou shalt do; if thou shalt go about every action as thy last action, free from all vanity, all passionate and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Though thou shouldst be going to live three thousand years, and as many times ten thousand years, still remember that no man… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature of the universe, and what is mine—in particular: This unto… — 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
“Thou hast already had sufficient experience, that of those many things that hitherto thou hast erred and wandered about, thou couldst not… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason,… — 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
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost… — 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
![“What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has viewed carefully and by examination into their nature the things which happen in life? Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own…” quote by Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/marcus-aurelius-139_activity_what-matter-and-opportunity-for-thy-acti_3145349.jpg)
