Occupation: Roman Emperor Birth: April 26, 121 Death: March 17, 180
All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else. For things are….
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others..
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast, select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they w….
You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action..
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not..
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back..
Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means ty….
So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes..
Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything..
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees..
Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and... rememberest that what….
Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate..
Men exist for the sake of one another..
How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead..
What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee..
Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind..
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him..
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions..
We are born for synergy, just like the feet, just like the hands, just like the eyes, just like the rows of upper and lower teeth. Working against ea….
When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and….
Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou bast f….