Life Quotes Quote by Marcus Aurelius, Meditations — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”

“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“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.”

“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life”

“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”

“A woman laughing is a woman conquered.”

“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.”

“Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in this world, it is all we have, that it is ours but that it is full of strife, so that all we can call our own is strife; but even that is better than nothing at all, isn't it? And as you split the frost-laced wood with numb hands, rejoice that your uncertainty is God's will and His grace toward you that that is beautiful, and a part of a greater certainty, as your own father always said in his sermons and to you at home. And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it. And when you resent the ache in your heart, remember: You will be dead and buried soon enough.”

“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.”