Marcus Aurelius Quotes

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

If you can keep as silent as a broken gong, then you have attained, when you know no anger.

Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.

He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.

Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry,-determine to make a day of it.

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.

I feel I'm pretty zen and laid back. I don't have a lot of rage in my real life.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

Find patience in the breath of life.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

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

I live my life one day at a time.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

There comes a time when you have to exercise patience.

With time, you learn to be calmer.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.

You are here to experience life, not to escape from it.

Meditation means to be free from all phenomena and calmness means to be internally unperturbed. There will be calmness when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.