Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

The good people of this world are very far from being satisfied with each other & my arms are the best peacemakers.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

No matter if we're in a contentious situation or simply engaging in an everyday interaction, we should aspire to have the strength to be kind always. If each of us shared this aspiration, we'd all be better off.

Sensitivity doesn't necessarily make you easy to get on with.

I thank God I don't have a problem with any person. Nobody wants to have a problem with another person. I don't want it either.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.

I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.