A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values. Marcus Aurelius More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius More Quotes From Marcus Aurelius The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part. So far as their gifts, aid, and inspiration are concerned, nothing prevented me from following the path prescribed by nature. If from time to time I have strayed from this path, the fault lies with me and with my failure to heed the gods' signs, or rather, their explicit instructions. Marcus Aurelius inspiration mean lying Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within. Marcus Aurelius fancy arise soul Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought. Marcus Aurelius quality soul thinking Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging. Marcus Aurelius self-improvement golf motivational What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne. Marcus Aurelius remove remains bears Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. Marcus Aurelius philosophical inspirational thinking Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise. Marcus Aurelius wise heart men No one can keep you from living as your nature requires. Nothings can happen to you that is not required by Nature. Marcus Aurelius happens What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness. Marcus Aurelius transmit light darkness From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent. Marcus Aurelius educational teacher father The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing. Marcus Aurelius laughter animal happiness When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires. Marcus Aurelius hate dream heart I can at once become happy anywhere, for he is happy who has found himself a happy lot. In a word, happiness lies all in the functions of reason, in warrantable desires and virtuous practice. Marcus Aurelius practice happiness lying Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that. Marcus Aurelius fighting artist taken There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. Marcus Aurelius philosophical persons happens Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years. Marcus Aurelius form order years Give full attention and devotion to each act. Marcus Aurelius advice attention giving All things fade and quickly turn to myth. Marcus Aurelius myth turns all-things The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action. Marcus Aurelius becoming sin action Wherever a man lives, he may live well. Marcus Aurelius live-well may men
