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Marcus Aurelius Quotes

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength Picture Quote #1

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks Picture Quote #1

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live Picture Quote #1

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with Picture Quote #1

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie Picture Quote #1

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won’t hail the occasion with delight Picture Quote #1

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Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new Picture Quote #1

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him Picture Quote #1

The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else Picture Quote #1

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives Picture Quote #1

Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man Picture Quote #1

If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth hold all the bodies that have been buried in it? The answers are the same. Just as on earth, with the passage of time, decaying and transmogrified corpses make way for the newly dead, so souls released into the heavens, after a season of flight, begin to break up, burn, and be absorbed back into the womb of reason, leaving room for souls just beginning to fly. This is the answer for those who believe that souls survive death Picture Quote #1

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Failing to understand the workings of one’s own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness Picture Quote #1

Reason and the reasoning faculty need no foreign assistance, but are sufficient for their own purposes. They move within themselves, and make directly for the point in view. Wherefore, acts in accordance with them are called right acts, for they lead along the right road Picture Quote #1

What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling part stand affected? And whose soul have I now? That of a child, or a young man, or a feeble woman, or of a tyrant, of cattle or wild beasts Picture Quote #1

How very near us stand the two vast gulfs of time, the past and the future, in which all things disappear Picture Quote #1

Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who determine what is needed for the welfare of the whole universe, of which you are a part Picture Quote #1

Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their station. Pray, shall not a man act like a man? Picture Quote #1

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I will march on in the path of nature till my legs sink under me, and then I shall be at rest, and expire into that air which has given me my daily breath Picture Quote #1

I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects Picture Quote #1

Be mindful at all times of the following: the nature of the whole universe, the nature of the part that is me, the relation of the one to the other, the one so vast, the other so small Picture Quote #1

Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found? Picture Quote #1

Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength Picture Quote #1

Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being Picture Quote #1

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It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle Picture Quote #1

Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought Picture Quote #1

Reflect frequently upon the instability of things, and how very fast the scenes of nature are shifted. Matter is in perpetual flux. Change is always and everywhere at work; it strikes through causes and effects, and leaves nothing fixed and permanent Picture Quote #1

Death, like birth, is one of nature’s mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same Picture Quote #1

The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively Picture Quote #1

When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn’t approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns Picture Quote #1

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won’t hail the occasion with delight (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth hold all the bodies that have been buried in it? The answers are the same. Just as on earth, with the passage of time, decaying and transmogrified corpses make way for the newly dead, so souls released into the heavens, after a season of flight, begin to break up, burn, and be absorbed back into the womb of reason, leaving room for souls just beginning to fly. This is the answer for those who believe that souls survive death (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Failing to understand the workings of one’s own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Reason and the reasoning faculty need no foreign assistance, but are sufficient for their own purposes. They move within themselves, and make directly for the point in view. Wherefore, acts in accordance with them are called right acts, for they lead along the right road (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling part stand affected? And whose soul have I now? That of a child, or a young man, or a feeble woman, or of a tyrant, of cattle or wild beasts (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) How very near us stand the two vast gulfs of time, the past and the future, in which all things disappear (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who determine what is needed for the welfare of the whole universe, of which you are a part (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their station. Pray, shall not a man act like a man? (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) I will march on in the path of nature till my legs sink under me, and then I shall be at rest, and expire into that air which has given me my daily breath (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Be mindful at all times of the following: the nature of the whole universe, the nature of the part that is me, the relation of the one to the other, the one so vast, the other so small (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found? (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Reflect frequently upon the instability of things, and how very fast the scenes of nature are shifted. Matter is in perpetual flux. Change is always and everywhere at work; it strikes through causes and effects, and leaves nothing fixed and permanent (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) Death, like birth, is one of nature’s mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively (Marcus Aurelius Quotes) When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn’t approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns (Marcus Aurelius Quotes)

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