" All is ephemeral–fame and the famous as well. "

Marcus Aurelius

" To live happily is an inward power of the soul. "

Marcus Aurelius

" Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

" By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. "

Marcus Aurelius

" The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. "

Marcus Aurelius

" A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book nine

" How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" All of us are working together for the same end; some of us knowingly and purposefully, others unconsciously. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

" Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. "

Marcus Aureluis

" A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all – that is myself. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, “Meditations”, book 2. Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book nine

" One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

" A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, “Meditations”, book 9. Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Waste no more time arguing what a god man should be. Be one. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

" Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Virtue they will but abuse, and taunt her with bitter revilling. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations – Book Eleven

" 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 Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" 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 Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations, 200 A.D. Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

" A candour affected is a dagger concealed. "

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, “Meditations”, book 9. Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 AD)

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