Marcus Aurelius

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

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
-Marcus Aurelius

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
-Marcus Aurelius

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

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
-Marcus Aurelius

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

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance.
-Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
-Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.
-Marcus Aurelius

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
-Marcus Aurelius