1. “what we do now echoes in eternity.”- Marcus Aurelius
2. “If it is not right don't do it. It is not true don't say it.”- Marcus Aurelius
3. “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”- Marcus Aurelius
4. “When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.”- Marcus Aurelius
5. “Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you will have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, “Is this necessary?”- Marcus Aurelius
6. “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
7. “Don't act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”- Marcus Aurelius
8. “You have power over your mind; not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius
9. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”- Marcus Aurelius
10. “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question; what fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am to criticize?”- Marcus Aurelius
11. “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”- Marcus Aurelius
12. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love...”- Marcus Aurelius
13. “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”- Marcus Aurelius
14. “Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.”- Marcus Aurelius
15. “The object of life is not to be on side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”- Marcus Aurelius
16. “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”- Marcus Aurelius
17. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”- Marcus Aurelius
18. “Begin each day by telling yourself; Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness- all of them due to the offenders, ignorance of what is good or evil.”- Marcus Aurelius
19. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”- Marcus Aurelius
20. “Do every act of your life as though it were the last were the very last act of your life.”- Marcus Aurelius
2. “If it is not right don't do it. It is not true don't say it.”- Marcus Aurelius
3. “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”- Marcus Aurelius
4. “When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.”- Marcus Aurelius
5. “Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you will have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, “Is this necessary?”- Marcus Aurelius
6. “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
7. “Don't act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”- Marcus Aurelius
8. “You have power over your mind; not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius
9. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”- Marcus Aurelius
10. “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question; what fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am to criticize?”- Marcus Aurelius
11. “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”- Marcus Aurelius
12. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love...”- Marcus Aurelius
13. “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”- Marcus Aurelius
14. “Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.”- Marcus Aurelius
15. “The object of life is not to be on side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”- Marcus Aurelius
16. “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”- Marcus Aurelius
17. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”- Marcus Aurelius
18. “Begin each day by telling yourself; Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness- all of them due to the offenders, ignorance of what is good or evil.”- Marcus Aurelius
19. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”- Marcus Aurelius
20. “Do every act of your life as though it were the last were the very last act of your life.”- Marcus Aurelius