Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. Marcus Aurelius Future
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius Life
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. Marcus Aurelius Good
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. Marcus Aurelius Life
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius Inspirational
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.' Marcus Aurelius Future
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Aurelius Education
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. Marcus Aurelius Men
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. Marcus Aurelius Work
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius Strength
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius Peace
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. Marcus Aurelius Change
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius Morning