Aurelius believed that philosophy wasn’t merely something to think about, but that it should also be practiced.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

On fulfilling your duty…Everything, a horse, a vine, is created for some duty. For what task, then, were you yourself created? A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

On asking for help…Don't be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you've been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?

Quotes from Marcus Aurelius

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