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
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius
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. Marcus Aurelius
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius
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
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Marcus Aurelius
A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions. Marcus Aurelius
Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say itMarcus Aurelius
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.Marcus Aurelius
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. – Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were your last. Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. Marcus Aurelius
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. Marcus Aurelius
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. Marcus Aurelius
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Marcus Aurelius
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Aurelius
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. Marcus Aurelius
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Marcus Aurelius
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Marcus Aurelius
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus Aurelius
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Marcus Aurelius
Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last. Marcus Aurelius
Where a man can live, he can also live well. Marcus Aurelius
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. Marcus Aurelius