Marcus Aurelius Littles Quotations

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.

A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament.

Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.

Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found?

On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone.

Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.