More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.
