Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

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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  • A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
    Ta eis heauton V, 16
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  • Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
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  • Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
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  • A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
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  • Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.
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  • Confine yourself to the present
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  • Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
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  • A candour affected is a dagger concealed.
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  • A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
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  • A man does not sin by commission only, but often by ommission.
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  • And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
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  • By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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  • 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.
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  • Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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  • Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
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  • Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
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  • Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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  • He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
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What are the most famous quotes from Marcus Aurelius?

The two most famous quotes from Marcus Aurelius are:

  • "Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
  • "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."

When did Marcus Aurelius live?

Marcus Aurelius was born in 121 and died in the year 180.