Marcus Aurelius

Our life is what our thoughts make it…

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no…

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is…

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be…

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be…

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature…

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination…

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an…

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than…

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and…

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

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

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions…

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil…

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees…