Category: Quote of the Day

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

For we carry our fate with us — and it carries us.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

But that which is useful is the better.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Short, therefore, is man’s life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Concentrate every minute like a Roman—like a man—on doing what’s in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice. And on freeing yourself from all other distractions.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Not to feel exasperated or defeated or despondent because your days aren’t packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human—however imperfectly—and fully embrace the pursuit you’ve embarked on.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus