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Marcus Aurelius

18-Sept

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
-Marcus Aurelius

17-Sept

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
-Marcus Aurelius

16-Sept

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
-Marcus Aurelius

11-Sept

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
-Marcus Aurelius

8-Sept

Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?
– Marcus Aurelius

5-Sept

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

4-Sept

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

31-Aug

The inner master, when confronted with an obstacle, uses it as fuel, like a fire which consumes things that are thrown into it.
-Marcus Aurelius

30-Aug

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

27-Aug

Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
-Marcus Aurelius

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