Marcus Aurelius

Philosopher-Emperor Roman 121 – 180

Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor who wrote Meditations.

368 quotes

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
Strength
"The obstacle in the path becomes the path."
Wisdom
"It is not death that a man should fear, but never beginning to live."
Life
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
Truth
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Motivation
"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."
Philosophy
"The universe is a single living organism made of one substance and one soul."
Nature
"Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you."
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
Happiness
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together."
Love
"Malice cannot grow where humility and kindness dwell."
Kindness
"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."
Change
"You have eternity in which to correct your mistakes in the next life."
Hope
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life."
Freedom
"Confine yourself to the present."
Time
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it."
Wisdom
"Pride is a master passion from which everything else stems."
Power
"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
Peace
"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks."
Solitude
"Well-being is achieved by human beings through some kind of action."
Success
"The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes any obstacle to its action."
Perseverance
"Forget everything, retain only what your heart desires."
Happiness
"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."
Strength
"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint."
Wisdom
"Know that the true measure of a man is what he does with his power."
Leadership
"Your life is not determined by what happens to you, but by how you react to what happens."
Life
"Let your mind penetrate into the causes of things."
Knowledge
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."
Gratitude
"Respect always begets respect."
Relationships
"Death smiles at us all, but a soldier can only smile back."
Courage