Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

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

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.