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

“Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which is an indivisible point, and that all the rest of his life is either past or is uncertain. Brief is man's life and small the nook of the earth where he lives; brief, too, is the longest posthumous fame, buoyed only by a succession of poor human beings who will very soon die and who know little of themselves, much less of someone who died long ago.”

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

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”

“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.”

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

“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

“Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.”

“Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.”

“And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.”

“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.”