The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Click on the picture of Marcus Aurelius quote you want to see a larger version.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Click on the picture of Marcus Aurelius quote you want to see a larger version.
Marcus Aurelius Quotes
- That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
- The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
- Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
- Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.
- You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
- Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
- Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Best Quotes
- Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.
- I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.
- I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.
- There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.
- My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
- In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
- It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
- It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'