It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle. Marcus Aurelius More Quotes by Marcus Aurelius More Quotes From Marcus Aurelius People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things. Marcus Aurelius flatterytwopeople When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it. Marcus Aurelius harmonyadversityhelping I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. Marcus Aurelius others-opinionslovemen If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one ever was truly harmed. Harmed is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance. Marcus Aurelius ignorancetruththinking Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color. Marcus Aurelius emeraldscolordoe Submit to the fate of your own free will. Marcus Aurelius submitfree-willfate Death - a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought, and of service to the flesh. Marcus Aurelius stoppingfleshway Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all. Marcus Aurelius rationalgivenanimal The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye. Marcus Aurelius healthyeyewish When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love ... then make that day count! Marcus Aurelius breatheenjoythinking Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding given them, should in their actions become like unto him. Marcus Aurelius understandingdesiremen One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding. Marcus Aurelius solitudemindlife To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. Marcus Aurelius philosophicalwisemath Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them Marcus Aurelius sakemenpeople You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others. Marcus Aurelius shouldmay Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. Marcus Aurelius philosophicalsecretdeath Men exist for the sake of one another. Marcus Aurelius philosophicalsakemen Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created? Marcus Aurelius vineshorsetasks Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses. Marcus Aurelius menlifeyears Be content to seem what you really are. Marcus Aurelius self-acceptanceloving-yourselfphilosophical
