More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
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.
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception
Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.
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?'
