Marcus Aurelius

Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
– Marcus Aurelius

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.
– Marcus Aurelius

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
– Marcus Aurelius

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
– Marcus Aurelius

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.
– Marcus Aurelius

Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found?
– Marcus Aurelius

My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.
– Marcus Aurelius

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
– Marcus Aurelius

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
– Marcus Aurelius

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.
– Marcus Aurelius