More quotes by Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."
"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."
"What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne."
"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."
"striid andWthdraw into yourself. Our master-reason asks no more than to act justly, and thereby to achieve calm."