Your disposition will be suitable to that which you most frequently think about, for the spirit is, as it were, tinged with the color and complexion of its own thoughts. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “A cucumber is bitter? Throw it away…”
A cucumber is bitter? Throw it away. There are briars in the road? Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, “Why were such things made in the world?” Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Happiness is no other than…”
Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of the mind. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself…”
Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself three times an hour? Do you wish to please a man who cannot please himself? Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Things stand outside us…”
Things stand outside us, themselves by themselves, neither knowing anything of themselves, nor expressing any judgment. What is it, then, which makes judgement about them? Your ruling faculty. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “What is your aim? To be good?…”
What is your aim? To be good? And how is this accomplished except by general principles, some about the nature of the universe, and others about the proper constitution of man. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “To be upset at anything which happens to us…”
To be upset at anything which happens to us is a separation of ourselves from nature. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “All things change…”
All things change, yet we need not fear anything new. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “In the same degree in which a man’s mind is…”
In the same degree in which a man’s mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “It is in your power, whenever you choose…”
It is in your power, whenever you choose, to retire into yourself. Nowhere can you retire with more quietness or more freedom than within your own spirit… Constantly give yourself to this retreat and renew yourself. Let your principles be brief and fundamental, and when you have returned to them, that will be enough to purify the spirit completely, and […]
