17 beautiful quotes by Marcus Aurelius. Click any quote to view, download and share it as an image.
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Marcus Aurelius
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and th...
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you...
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”
“Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you h...
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by whi...
“Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, w...
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
“The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.”
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pret...
“Think of your many years of procrastination; how the gods have repeatedly granted you further periods of grace, of whic...
