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Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.

Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.

Marcus Aurelius
Art, Metamorphosis, Corruption
"Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IX, 19. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition", 1919.

Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great sea of being.

Marcus Aurelius
Men, Sea, Rivers
Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.

Marcus Aurelius
Adversity, Men, Endure

Doctors keep their scalpels and other instruments handy, for emergencies. Keep your philosophy ready too - ready to understand heaven and earth. In everything you do, even the smallest thing, remember the chain that links them. Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring earth.

Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy, Doctors, Heaven
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.33, Modern Library

If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.

Marcus Aurelius
Self, Mind, Lasts
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.18, Modern Library

Let goodness go with the doing.

Marcus Aurelius
Letting Go, Goodness
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1920). “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself: In English”

Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.

Marcus Aurelius
Wise, Heart, Men
Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them.

Marcus Aurelius
Inspirational, Nature, Healing
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (36), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be.

Marcus Aurelius
Existence

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.

Marcus Aurelius
Soul, Perception, Causes
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.46, Enhanced Media Publishing

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

Marcus Aurelius
Spring, Heaven, Earth

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.

Marcus Aurelius
Time, Lasts, Limits

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

Marcus Aurelius
Wonderful, Reason, Shows
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.30, Lulu.com

The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy æther knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made.

Marcus Aurelius
Love Is, Earth, Holy

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

Marcus Aurelius
Character, Perfect, Agitation

When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn't approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns.

Marcus Aurelius
Opportunity, Fire, Flames
Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Marcus Aurelius
Life, Thinking, Looks
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IX, (29), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?

Marcus Aurelius
Change, Shrinks
"Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius".

Leave other people's mistakes where they lie.

Marcus Aurelius
Mistake, Lying, People
Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle (2012). “The Modern Library Collection of Greek and Roman Philosophy 3-Book Bundle: Meditations; Selected Dialogues of Plato; The Basic Works of Aristotle”, p.239, Modern Library

The gods sustain and guide all their works.

Marcus Aurelius
Guides
Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely.

Marcus Aurelius
Cutting, Age, States
"Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IX, 33,

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Marcus Aurelius
Inspirational, Philosophical, Thinking

Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason.

Marcus Aurelius
Art, Atheism, Principles
Marcus Aurelius (2016). “Meditations”, p.23, Enhanced Media Publishing

Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.

Marcus Aurelius
Live Life, Men, Good Man

"Sweep me up and send me where you please." For there I will retain my spirit, tranquil and content, as long as it can feel and act in harmony with its own nature. Is a change of place enough reason for my soul to become unhappy and worn, for me to become depressed, humbled, cowering, and afraid? Can you discover any reasons for this?

Marcus Aurelius
Change, Long, Soul

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