Occupation: Roman Emperor Birth: April 26, 121 Death: March 17, 180
In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, g….
All things fade and quickly turn to myth..
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts..
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it..
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you..
Do every act of your life as if it were your last..
Our life is what our thoughts make it..
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revok….
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out of nothing….
The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time..
Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless aby….
Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed..
God overrules all mutinous accidents, brings them under His laws of fate, and makes them all serviceable to His purpose..
Get rid of the judgement ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself..
Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of what was said, if a man receives wha….
Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about..
Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements ….
It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it..
I will march on in the path of nature till my legs sink under me, and then I shall be at rest, and expire into that air which has given me my daily b….
Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding gi….
Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of th….