Famous Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

“Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.”

“Confine yourself to the present.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”

“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”

“All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.”

“When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.”

“All things fade and quickly turn to myth.”

“striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm.”

“For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.”

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive.

True freedom lies in moderation, not in the bondage of excess.

Emotionless is not the absence of feelings, but the ability to control them when they threaten to overwhelm you.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.