Best Marcus Aurelius Quotes

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

The only way to happiness is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

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

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

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

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

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.

The present moment is all you have, make sure you make the most out of it.

It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who craves more.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

The power to control one’s actions and decisions lies within oneself.

Best Marcus Aurelius Quotes part 2

The greatest blessing from the universe is the ability to understand oneself.

The true measure of a man’s worth is determined by his actions, not his words.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality, so make sure it is a positive one.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

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

Live a life that is worthy of admiration, not seeking the admiration of others.

The world is nothing but change. Embrace it and adapt to find peace.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The obstacle is the way.

Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life.

Seek not what events will happen, but whether you will act according to events as they happen.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his spirit broken.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

The world is full of wars and conflicts, but true victory lies in conquering oneself.

What we do today echoes in eternity.

To have no opinion is to be ignorant, but to have a wrong opinion is to be deceived.

Take control of your mind, and you will take control of your life.

It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

The best way to win an argument is to avoid it.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Choose not to be harmed, and you won’t feel harmed.

The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.

It is not external events that trouble you, but your judgment about them.

True wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.