24 Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Happiness, Gratitude, Harmony, Simplicity
1. "The tranquillity that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
2. "He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
3. "Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
4. "Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we’re practically showered with them." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
5. "When they’re really possessed by what they do, they’d rather stop eating and sleeping than give up practicing their arts." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
6. "The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
7. "Remind yourself that it is not the future or what has passed that afflicts you, but always the present." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
8. "Today i have got out of all trouble, or rather i have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside, but within and in my opinions." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
9. "You can pass your life in an equable flow of happiness if you can follow the right way and think and act in the right way." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
10. "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) Click to tweet
11. "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) Click to tweet
12. "Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and how nothing need arouse one’s irritation so long as one doesn’t make it bigger than it is by getting irritated." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
13. "Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
14. "Failure to observe what is in the mind of another has seldom made a man unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
15. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
16. "When you wish to delight yourself, think of the virtues of those who live with you; for instance, the activity of one, the modesty of another, the liberality of a third, and some other good quality of a fourth." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
17. "To the gods i am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. For all these [blessings in my life] require the help of the gods and fortune." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
18. "All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
19. "Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived – not in the least like the rich. (what marcus learned from his mother)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
20. "Set yourself in motion, if it is in your power, and do not look about you to see if anyone will observe it; nor yet expect plato’s republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
21. "People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills… there is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind… so constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
22. "You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind – things that exist only there – and clear out space for yourself: by comprehending the scale of the world, by contemplating infinite time, by thinking of the speed with which things change – each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equality unbounded time that follows." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
23. "If you seek tranquility, do less. Or do what’s essential – what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘is this necessary?’" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
24. "Don’t waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people – unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from doing anything useful. You’ll be too preoccupied with what so-and-so is doing, and why, and what the’re saying, and what they’re thinking, and what they’re up to, and all the other things that throw you off and keep you from focusing on your own mind." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
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