Marcus Aurelius

Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.
-Marcus Aurelius

Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning.
-Marcus Aurelius

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
-Marcus Aurelius

Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
-Marcus Aurelius

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
-Marcus Aurelius

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present – I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
-Marcus Aurelius

Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being.
-Marcus Aurelius

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

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say ‘I am an Athenian’ or ‘I am a Roman’ but ‘I am a citizen of the Universe.
-Marcus Aurelius

Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
-Marcus Aurelius