marcus-aurelius Quotes About should

“To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.”

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Author:Marcus Aurelius

“What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling part stand affected? And whose soul have I now? That of a child, or a young man, or a feeble woman, or of a tyrant, of cattle or wild beasts.”

Men Should Children Doe Soul Use Young Oneself My Soul Young Man Beast Affected Tyrants Ruling Cattle Wild Beasts

Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years.”

Should Years Humans Form Order Thousand Ten Human Life Forty Thousand Years Deviate

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.”

Giving Should Pain Given Fit

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any of the things which thou desirest, or not being pained at anything, rather than pray that any of these things should not happen or happen?”

Giving Should Happens Praying Thee Faculty

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“It is right that man should love those who have offended him. He will do so when he remembers that all men are his relations, and that it is through ignorance and involuntarily that they sin,--and then we all die so soon.”

Men Should Remember Dies Sin Ignorance Forgiveness Relation Offended

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Most of what we say and do is unnecessary: remove the superfluity, and you will have more time and less bother. So in every case one should prompt oneself: 'Is this, or is it not, something necessary?' And the removal of the unnecessary should apply not only to actions but to thoughts also: then no redundant actions either will follow.”

Should Action Time Cases Oneself Bother Remove More Time Unnecessary Prompts Removal Redundant

Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.”

Giving Should Happens Good Things Cease Thee Leisure Thyself Roving

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding given them, should in their actions become like unto him.”

Men Should Action Remember Desire Given Understanding Glory Praise

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.”

World Should Would Be Lying Gentleman Conceit Pretence

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

Source: Meditations

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

“Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.”

Ifs Inspirational Should Happens Destiny Failure Philosophical Careful Everything Happens For A Reason

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“A man should be upright, not kept upright.”

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Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.”

Should Persons Ends Discussion Good Person

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Everything that happens, happens as it should.”

Should Happens

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having first conceived these endure to listen to anything which should not be in harmony with what is really good.”

Ifs Men Should Firsts Certain Justice Harmony Endure Being Real Prudence Fortitude Temperance

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.”

Men Should Doe Shows Happens Spirit Happened Ignorance Bears Stronger Shame Remains Things Happen Firm Conceit Great Spirit

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements? For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature.”

Men Should Evil Elements Apprehension Dissolution

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.”

Should May

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter.”

Men Should Soul Matter Body Past Conditions Abyss Boundless Times Past Shortness Shortness Of Life

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?”

Ifs World Feels Should

Book:Meditations: A New Translation

Source: Meditations: A New Translation

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

“A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the service of man. Second, to change your opinion whenever anyone at hand sets you right and unsettles you in an opinion, but this change of opinion should come only because you are persuaded that something is just or to the public advantage, not because it appears pleasant or increases your reputation.”

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Author:Marcus Aurelius

“In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.”

Ifs Men Should Would Be Fall Sight Falling In Love Streams Abiding Sparrows High Prices

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

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

Inspirational Should Persons Goes On Good Person Discussing

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“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.”

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Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent.”

Should Home School Father Enjoy Teacher Educational Grandfather Public School My Grandfather Good Teacher Attendance

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.”

Men Should Wisdom Wise Misfortunes Misfortunes Of Others