Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. Marcus Aurelius More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius More Quotes From Marcus Aurelius To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose. Marcus Aurelius homeadviceschool There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight. Marcus Aurelius dyingblessedmen Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him. Marcus Aurelius contentmentsouldoe How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not. Marcus Aurelius self-improvementwickednessridiculous Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself. Marcus Aurelius every-manmen Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change? Marcus Aurelius shrinkschange The best sort of revenue is not to be like him who did the injury. Marcus Aurelius injuryrevenuerevenge Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change - for it is the truth I seek, and the truth never harmed anyone. Harm comes from persisting in error and clinging to ignorance. Marcus Aurelius errorsdeedsignorance In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination. Marcus Aurelius painimaginationmind All that is from the gods is full of Providence. Marcus Aurelius providence Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter. Marcus Aurelius soulmenpast From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason. Marcus Aurelius atheismpurposelooks Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. Marcus Aurelius principleswisemen From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that human life is anything great? It is not possible, he said. Such a man then will think that death also is no evil. Marcus Aurelius platomenthinking It will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquility. Marcus Aurelius painsoulmind Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just? Marcus Aurelius cuttingwisemen The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness. Marcus Aurelius leisureheartmen Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles thee? Is it the form of the thing? Look at it. Or is it the matter? Look at it. But besides these there is nothing. Towards the gods, then, now become at last more simple and better. It is the same whether we examine these things for a hundred years or three. Marcus Aurelius simpleyearsart Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live. Marcus Aurelius procrastinationthousandyears The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not. Marcus Aurelius bystandersstrongmen
