Marcus Aurelius

Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
-Marcus Aurelius

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
-Marcus Aurelius

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
-Marcus Aurelius

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
-Marcus Aurelius

Our life is what our thoughts make it.
-Marcus Aurelius

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
-Marcus Aurelius

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
-Marcus Aurelius

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
-Marcus Aurelius

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
-Marcus Aurelius

I’m going to be meeting with people today who talk too much – people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won’t be surprised or disturbed, for I can’t imagine a world without such people.
-Marcus Aurelius