Marcus Aurelius

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of 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.”

“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.”

“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.”

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

“Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.”

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

“The universe is transformation: life is opinion.”

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.”

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”

“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'”

“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”

“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”

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

“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.”