The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus Aurelius on art
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. Marcus Aurelius on art
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. Marcus Aurelius on beauty
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. Marcus Aurelius on best
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Marcus Aurelius on best
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. Marcus Aurelius on change
Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it. Marcus Aurelius on change
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. Marcus Aurelius on change
The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius on change
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius on death
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. Marcus Aurelius on death
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Marcus Aurelius on death
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. Marcus Aurelius on death
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself. Marcus Aurelius on design
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Aurelius on education
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius on fear
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius on future
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. Marcus Aurelius on future