Marcus Aurelius

Or is it the case that all things flow from the one fountain, as all things are parts of one whole? Or is it the case that all things are parts of one whole, and that they all flow from the one fountain, and that they are all in one another, and that they all tend to one end, and that they all are in one order, and that they all are in one harmony, and that they all are in one agreement, and that they all are in one agreement, and that they all are in one agreement, and that they all are in one agreement, and that they all are in one agreement?

To live each day as if it were thy last, without haste, without sloth, without hypocrisy.

He who is in a hurry to do a thing, though he may do it well, yet he does it not well, for he has not given himself time to do it well.

The soul of man is a portion of the divine breath, and therefore it is immortal. And if it is immortal, it is not afraid of death.

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or still uncertain.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul, and is not to be sought for from external things.

Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it's not endurable, then stop complaining. Your destruction will mean its end.

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love what we ought and not to hate what we ought not.

Nothing is good but what is profitable.

If a man is able to show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth, by which no man was ever injured. But he is injured who abides in his error and ignorance.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility is nothing more than the good ordering of the mind, the self-sufficiency which is within.

Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou hast life, while thou art able, be good.

Thou wilt cease to live, not with a worse life, but with a life that is no life.

Observe that everything which exists is already in a state of dissolution and change, and, as it were, putrefaction and separation.

Even for a god, if he wishes to do good, he must do it through the medium of human beings.

Choose not to be harmed—and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed—and you haven't been.

The soul of a man is a portion of God.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it, as she wills everything else.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly.

If thou art able, make it so that all men shall live as thou wouldst have them live. If not, live thyself as thou wouldst have them live.