Quotes from Marcus 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 unforeseen attack.
- Marcus Aurelius
To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing-here is perfection of character.
- Marcus Aurelius
What pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies ... the real man.
- Marcus Aurelius
A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy.
- Marcus Aurelius
I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
- Marcus Aurelius
The sole thing of which any man can be deprived is the present; since this is all he owns, and nobody can lose what is not his.
- Marcus 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 Aurelius
Men are born for each other's sake, so either teach people or endure them
- Marcus Aurelius
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.
- Marcus Aurelius
A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.
- Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
- Marcus Aurelius