Category: Quote of the Day

Think on this doctrine,—that reasoning beings were created for one another’s sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Search men’s governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Remember this— that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: “I am called to man’s labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus