Occupation: Roman Emperor Birth: April 26, 121 Death: March 17, 180
Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble nor sh….
When forced, as it seems, by your environment to be utterly disquieted, return with all speed into your self, staying in discord no longer than you m….
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds..
Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good..
Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same..
For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason..
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach..
The universe is in change, life is an opinion..
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all c….
Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith..
There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen..
Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles thee? Is it the form o….
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for ….
Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself..
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emeral….
Enter others' minds and let them enter yours..
It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them..
Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to..
From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that h….