More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
What we do in life ripples in eternity.
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.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
