Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."

"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."

"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."

"No man is happy who does not think himself so."

"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too."

"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance."

"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."

"striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm."

"Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life."

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

"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."

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking."

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ..."