8 Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Religion, Divinity, God

1. "To move from one unselfish action to another with god in mind. Only there, delight and stillness." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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2. "The gods are not to blame. They do nothing wrong, on purpose or by accident. Nor men either; they don’t do it on purpose. No one is to blame." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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3. "‘a fool cannot be convinced or even compelled to renounce his folly.’ god save me from fools with a little philosophy – no one is more difficult to reach." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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4. "He who is afraid of pain will sometimes also be afraid of some of the things that will happen in the world, and even this is impiety. And he who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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5. "You might as well get on your knees and pray that your nose won’t run. A better idea would be to wipe your nose and forgo the prayer. The point is, isn’t there anything god gave you for your present problem?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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6. "You ought to realize, you take up very little space in the world as a whole – your body, that is; in reason, however, you yield to no one, not even to the gods, because reason is not measured in size but sense. So why not care for that side of you, where you and the gods are equals?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

7. "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

8. "Injustice is impiety. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another to help one another according to their deserts, but in no way to injure one another, he who transgresses her will is clearly guilty of impiety toward the highest divinity." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet