Marcus Aurelius

“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.”

“The best answer to anger is silence.”

“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.”

“By going within. Nowhere you can go is more peaceful - more free of interruptions - than your own soul.”

“Each day provides it's own gifts.”

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible.”

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

“We live only now. Everything else is either passed or is unknown.”

“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.”

“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.”

“If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“Loss is nothing else but change and change is nature's delight.”

“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”

“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”

“Man should fear never beginning to live.”

“Do not try to be on the side of the majority, but live according to your inner laws.”

“The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.”