“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius KnowledgeLifeTruthWisdomFact
“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 InspirationalLoveThinkPrivilegeMorningEnjoyAlive
“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 Love
“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 CareLifeNatureQuality
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” Marcus Aurelius LifeHappyWisdomYourselfNeedThinkingWayHappy lifeWithin
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius Power
“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 InsaneLife
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” Marcus Aurelius DeathFearManWisdomLive
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” Marcus Aurelius Good
“How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.” Marcus Aurelius Time
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” Marcus Aurelius Future
“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.” Marcus Aurelius AmbitionHighMean
“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 Love
“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” 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 DestinyLove
“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” Marcus Aurelius LiePower
“Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.” Marcus Aurelius Change
“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.” Marcus Aurelius Good
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” Marcus Aurelius FuturePast