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“Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

X, 31
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Context: Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?

“Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice in the things done by virtue of the internal cause”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

IX, 31
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IX
Context: Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice in the things done by virtue of the internal cause, that is, let there be movement and action terminating in this, in social acts, for this is according to thy nature.

Justice , Freedom

“That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

VII, 50
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
Context: That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements.

“Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

VII, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
Context: Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.

Understanding

“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 book Meditations

Source: Meditations

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Anger

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Faith , Spring

“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Feeling , Future

“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

IV, 18
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV

Thinking , Time

“Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

IV, 41
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV

Art , Soul

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

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Life

“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Change , Past , Future

“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 book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Dreams

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

III, 7
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book III

“Very little is needed to make a happy life.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

ἐν ὀλιγίστοις κεῖται τὸ εὐδαιμόνως βιῶσαι
VII, 67
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII

Motivational , Beauty , Wise , Deep

“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations