Tag: Marcus Aurelius

“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.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Stop talking about being good, just be one”

– Marcus Aurelius

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“See what things are in themselves, dividing them into matter, form and purpose.”

– Marcus Aurelius

“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.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
 
– Marcus Aurelius