1. “Let not future things disturb you, for you will come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with you the same reason which you now use for present things.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
2. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
3. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
4. “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
5. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
6. Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together but do so with all your heart.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
7. “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
8. “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.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
9. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
10. “For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
11. “Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
12. “If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
13. “A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
14. “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
15. “If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change.
I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations