1,166 Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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.

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.

Asia and Europe are corners in the Universe; every sea, a drop in the Universe; Mount Athos, a clod of earth in the Universe; every instant of time, a pin-prick of eternity. All things are petty, easily changed, vanishing away. All things come from that other world, starting from that common governing principle, or else are secondary consequences of it.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Do not be ashamed of help.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life