"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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7/13/11

MARCUS AURELIUS Quotes


Morning Birds on the Porch
7 March 2011
Wonboyn Lake

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Accept what you cannot control. There are many things in life that we cannot control. Don't waste your time and energy trying to control things that are out of your control. Instead, focus on the things that you can control." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."  ~Marcus Aurelius

"As you rise with the morning sun, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?" ~Marcus Aurelius

"Be at peace with yourself. Find inner peace and happiness. When you are at peace with yourself, you will be able to face anything that life throws your way." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Be grateful for what you have. There is always someone who has less than you do. Be grateful for the things that you have, no matter how small they may seem." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Be kind to others. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Be kind and compassionate, even to those who are different from you." ~Marcus Aurelius 

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"Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it."  ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Be true to yourself. Don't try to be someone you're not. Be true to yourself and live your life the way you want to live it." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Cherish what you have gift now. Remember this, that very little s needed to make a happy life." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." ~Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and philosopher

"Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging." ~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Do your best. Don't compare yourself to others. Just do your best and be proud of what you have accomplished." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Don't be afraid of death. Death is a natural part of life. Don't be afraid of it. Instead, embrace it and live your life to the fullest." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Do not let arrogance cloud your judgement when fortune provides you with abundance." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Don't seek to gain anything for yourself that forces you to break your word or lose self-respect; to hate, suspect, or curse another; or to be insincere or to desire something that needs to remain secret." ~Marcus Aurelius

“Don’t send your mind on things you don’t possess as if they were yours, but count the blessings you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if they weren’t already yours. But watch yourself, that you don’t value these things to the point of being troubled if you should lose them.” ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"‪Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel, I am a carpenter of my own soul." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Forgive yourself and others. Holding on to anger and resentment will only hurt you in the long run. Forgive yourself and others so that you can move on with your life." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it." ~Marcus Aurelius

"How much more grievous are the consequences of wrath than its causes?" ~Marcus Aurelius

"If death comes for them at this very instant, they will go as easily as if they were doing any other act needing self-respect and calm, being careful of only this through their lives: that their thoughts do not stray into paths incompatible with an intelligent and social being." ~Marcus Aurelius

"If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it." ~Marcus Aurelius

"If something is humanly possible,  it's attainable by you too." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." ~Marcus Aurelius

"It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own." ~Marcus Aurelius

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." ~Marcus Aurelius


"It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone.  What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own." 
~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.” ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Life is warfare and a journey far from home." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Live a simple life. Don't be materialistic. Focus on the things that are truly important in life, such as your relationships, your health, and your happiness." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Live in the present moment. Don't dwell on the past or worry about the future. Focus on the present moment and make the most of it."  ~Marcus Aurelius

"Look to the people whose main desire is to nurture their minds and their inner spirits. They do not fuss, complain, or crave either solitude or a crowd. And, most important of all, they will live without either striving or avoiding, and will not care whether their lives are long or short." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up if thou wilt ever dig." ~Marcus Aurelius

"My true self is free. It cannot be contained." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Our life is what our thoughts make it." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments."  ~Marcus Aurelius 
  
"Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life." ~Marcus Aurelius

"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees." ~Marcus Aurelius

“The act of dying is one of the acts of life.” ~Marcus Aurelius

“The best answer to anger is silence” ~ Marcus Aurelius 

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." ~Marcus Aurelius 

"The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion." ~Marcus Aurelius, In Humanity

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." ~Marcus Aurelius

"The LIFE of man is the color of his imagination." ~Marcus Aurelius

"“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 

"The soul is dyed with the colour of its thoughts." ~Marcus Aurelius

"The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul." ~Marcus Aurelius

"There is never any need to get worked up about things you can‘t control."  ~Marcus Aurelius 

"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived for your life. Now take what's left and live it properly." ~Marcus Aurelius 

“To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice” ~Marcus Aurelius

"To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over, it stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls around it." ~Marcus Aurelius

"To live happily is an inward power of the soul." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." ~Marcus Aurelius

"Whatever happens to you   has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time." ~Marcus Aurelius 

“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

"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." ~Marcus Aurelius

"You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action." ~Marcus Aurelius

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