Marcus Aurelius Quotes

The only journey is the one within.

If you do not go within, you without

A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.

Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.

You have no need to travel anywhere - journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.

If you fail to go within, you will go without.

If I do not go within, I go without.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again.

Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.

I want to learn from myself, want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha.

Gaze Upward, Look Inward, Reach Outward, Press Forward.

Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.