Marcus Aurelius Quotes on Wisdom

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

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

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

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

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

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

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone.

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.

No one can lose either the past or the future, for how can anyone be deprived of what he does not possess?