Marcus Aurelius quotes
Born
April 26, 121, Rome.
Died
March 17, 180.
Occupation
Roman Emperor.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus’ death in 169. Marcus Aurelius was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
– Marcus Aurelius
By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
– Marcus Aurelius
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission.
– Marcus Aurelius
Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
– Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
– Marcus Aurelius
Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
– Marcus Aurelius
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
– Marcus Aurelius
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
– Marcus Aurelius
A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
– Marcus Aurelius
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
– Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
– Marcus Aurelius
A candour affected is a dagger concealed.
– Marcus Aurelius
A candour affected is a dagger concealed.
– Marcus Aurelius
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ”This is a misfortune” but ”To bear this worthily is good fortune.
– Marcus Aurelius
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.
– Marcus Aurelius
Men exist for the sake of one another.
– Marcus Aurelius
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
– Marcus Aurelius
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: ‘I am rising to a man’s work.
– Marcus Aurelius
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
– Marcus Aurelius
Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
– Marcus Aurelius
Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
– Marcus Aurelius
A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.
– Marcus Aurelius
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
– Marcus Aurelius
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all – that is myself.
– Marcus Aurelius
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
– Marcus Aurelius
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
– Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others.
– Marcus Aurelius
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
– Marcus Aurelius
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
– Marcus Aurelius
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
– Marcus Aurelius