Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Kindness
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Death, Dying
The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Happiness, Thought, Thinking
There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Change
Thou must be like a promontory of the sea,|against which, though the waves beat continually,|yet it both itself stands, and about it are|those swelling waves stilled and quieted.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Attitude, Thoughts, Thinking, Life, Habit
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Power
Forward, as occasion offers.|Never look round to see whether any shall note it….|Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter,|and think that even such a result is no trifle.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy soul-for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these-that where a man can live, there if he will, he can also live well.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Thinking, Character, Habit
Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Topics: Positive Attitudes, Optimism
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus