Way Quotes by 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 a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give…

— Marcus Aurelius

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

— Marcus Aurelius

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

— Marcus Aurelius

...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.

— Marcus Aurelius

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

— Marcus Aurelius

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be…

— Marcus Aurelius

Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are…

— Marcus Aurelius

Above, below, all around are the movements of the elements. But the motion of virtue is in none of these: it is…

— Marcus Aurelius

The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Death--a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for…

— Marcus Aurelius

In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it…

— Marcus Aurelius

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the…

— Marcus Aurelius

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now…

— Marcus Aurelius

Keep reminding yourself of the way things are connected, of great relatedness. All things are implicated in one another and in sympathy…

— Marcus Aurelius

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower…

— Marcus Aurelius

Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance…

— Marcus Aurelius

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that…

— 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

How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that…

— Marcus Aurelius

If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth…

— Marcus Aurelius

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

— Marcus Aurelius

Consider frequently the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For things are somehow implicated with…

— Marcus Aurelius

Why do you hunger for length of days? The point of life is to follow reason and the divine spirit and to…

— Marcus Aurelius

If it's in your control, why do you do it? If it's in someone else's control, then who are you blaming? Atoms?…

— Marcus Aurelius

God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he…

— Marcus Aurelius