Quotes Unlimited

Whatever happens it all happens as it should; thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

‘Let thine occupations be few,’ saith the sage, ‘if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.’

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Remember this,–that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life,–there, if one must speak out, the real man.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus