Quotes by Marcus Aurelius with fate

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor

Lived from: 121 - 180

Category: Politics

Born: 25 april 121 Died: 16 march 180

  • Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
  • One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.
  • How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
  • Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ''This is a misfortune'' but ''To bear this worthily is good fortune.''
  • Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
  • Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
  • Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin us.
  • Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
  • If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
  • Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
  • If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.
  • Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
  • Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
  • And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
  • Remember this, that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
  • Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
  • The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.
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  • Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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  • Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
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