Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aelius Aurelius More Quotes by Marcus Aelius Aurelius More Quotes From Marcus Aelius Aurelius The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack. Marcus Aelius Aurelius The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. Marcus Aelius Aurelius 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 Aelius Aurelius To them that ask, where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship I answer Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it. Marcus Aelius Aurelius We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Marcus Aelius Aurelius Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from everlasting. Marcus Aelius Aurelius
