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

“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”

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

“Each day provides its own gifts.”

“Remember two things: i. that everything has always been the same, and keeps recurring, and it makes no difference whether you see the same things recur in a hundred years or two hundred, or in an infinite period; ii. that the longest-lived and those who will die soonest lose the same thing. The present is all that they can give up, since that is all you have, and what you do not have you cannot lose.”

“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage. Fame after life is no better than oblivion. What then can guide a man? One thing and only one, philosophy.”

“There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.”

“Only by examining our personal biases can we grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we grow as people.”

“The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".”

“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“I want to paint the rest of my days with the best colors.”

“...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”