Tag: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Put an end once for all to this discussion of what a good man should be, and be one.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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