Occupation: Roman Emperor Birth: April 26, 121 Death: March 17, 180
He who fears death either fears to lose all sensation or fears new sensations. In reality, you will either feel nothing at all, and therefore nothing….
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love..
What we do in life ripples in eternity..
Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it,….
You exist but as a part inherent in a greater whole. Do not live as though you had a thousand years before you. The common due impends; while you liv….
Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt on….
Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind..
The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being..
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?.
All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in circle..
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect..
The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know..
In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves stra….
Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to curse, to act the hypocrite..
Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life..
Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance..
Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to conside….
Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, i….
A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind..
A man's life is what his thoughts make of it..
An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the end is quenched beyond rekindlin….