« All Present Quotes · Marcus Aurelius's Page
Present Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- Confine yourself to the present.
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against…
- Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not…
- Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one…
- He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time…
- Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
- As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature…
- Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn or move the…
- If you separate from . . . everything you have done in the past, everything that disturbs you about the future . . . and…
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life…
- Letting go all else, cling to the following few truths. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant: all the rest…
- In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'
- Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is…
- It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this…
- If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with…
- Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.
- Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never…
- Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is…
- Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free…
- In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then…
More Present Quotes
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of… — Dalai Lama
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present… — Samuel Johnson
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet