You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
- Marcus AureliusMA
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) was a Roman emperor and the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. His Meditations began as private notes, written in Greek during military campaigns and never meant for publication — which gives them a tone rarely found elsewhere in ancient literature. He wrote them largely as reminders to himself.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
- Marcus AureliusWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
- Marcus AureliusVery little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself.
- Marcus AureliusThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
- Marcus AureliusWhen 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 AureliusThe soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
- Marcus AureliusConfine yourself to the present.
- Marcus AureliusLoss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight.
- Marcus AureliusAccept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.
- Marcus AureliusIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.
- Marcus AureliusDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
- Marcus AureliusThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
- Marcus AureliusHow much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does.
- Marcus Aurelius