Marcus Aurelius

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#independence #individuality #retire #self #self-assurance

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#good #good and evil #life #neither #only

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

— Marcus Aurelius

#last #life #mindfulness #life

Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#dreams

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#life-and-death #death

The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#time #meditation

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#surprise #life

Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#change

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#inspirational

That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#beauty