Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

Marcus Aurelius

If something is difficult for you to accomplish, do not then think it impossible for any human being; rather, if it is humanly possible and corresponds to human nature, know that it is attainable by you as well.

Marcus Aurelius

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

Marcus Aurelius

It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

Marcus Aurelius

Before we can bring happiness to others, we first must be happy ourselves; nor will happiness abide within us unless we confer it on others. If there be a smile upon our lips, those around us will soon smile too; and our happiness will become the truer and deeper as we see that these others are happy. "It is not seemly that I, who, willingly, have brought sorrow to none, should permit myself to be sad," said Marcus Aurelius, in one of his noblest passages.

Maurice Maeterlinck