Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I started teaching myself, taking a breath or a moment that's not overreacting or having an explosion. It made me such a better person. Let alone a better mother, but also just a better human.

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

I like to empty my mind and focus on developing my abilities in training.

Build the raft of meditation and self-discipline, to carry you across the river. There will be no ocean, and no rising tides to stop you; this is how comfortable your path shall be.

Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

I try to be self-disciplined with my thoughts. It’s our thoughts that matter most, and all the rest falls into line behind that: if I remember who I really am and why I’m on the earth, then I more naturally want to treat my body like a temple and so forth.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.