Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
- Marcus Aurelius
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
- Marcus Aurelius
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
- Marcus Aurelius
Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.
- Marcus Aurelius
Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance, and consider that all individual things as to substance are a grain of a fig, and as to time the turning of a gimlet .
- Marcus Aurelius
He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.
- Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
- Marcus Aurelius
The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
- Marcus Aurelius
It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.
- Marcus Aurelius
God give me patience, to reconcile with what I am not able to changeGive me strength to change what I canAnd give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.
- Marcus Aurelius
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
- Marcus Aurelius
A key point to bear in mind: The value of attentiveness varies in proportion to its object. You're better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.
- Marcus Aurelius