Marcus Aurelius - Inspirational quotes [Stoicism] Part 1

Marcus Aurelius - Inspirational quotes [Stoicism] Part 1




“It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you very happy”.




You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.




Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.




'Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions — not outside.'




'If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.'




“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”




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.

Confine yourself to the present.







Stand up straight — not straightened”.







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.







Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time.







That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.







To live purposeful life is an inward power of the soul.







You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.







“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”







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







It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.




“To accept without arrogance, to let it go with indifference (lack of interest, concern, or sympathy).”

Do every act of your life as if it were your last. Each day provides its own gifts. Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.


"Anger cannot be dishonest. There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.


“Without a purpose, nothing should be done.”


Even the smallest thing should be done with reference to an end. Stick to what's in front of you – idea, action, utterance. What is your art? To be good.

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

we all easily fool ourselves. Do not let your thoughts at once embrace all the various troubles that you may expect to befall you: but on every occasion ask yourself, What is there in this that is intolerable and past bearing? For you will be ashamed to confess.

What illusion about myself do I entertain?

The Rational Animal Is Consequently Also A Social Animal :











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