Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Life, Death, Stoicism and Leadership

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly v, than your everlasting readers.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last