From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.... — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“spend not thy time in thinking, what such a man doth, and to what end: what he saith, and what he thinks,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance, and consider that all individual things as to substance are a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not waste time fantasizing about a world of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“If you suffer distress because of some external cause, it is not the thing itself that troubles you but your judgement about… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile; stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at… — 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
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember: Matter: how tiny your share of it. Time: how brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate: how small a role… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Do not disturb yourself by thinking of the whole of your life. Do not let your thoughts at once embrace all the… — 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
“Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — 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