Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

In this moment that blooms and fades as it passes, he is enough, and all is well in the world.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.

Which is worse, past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink.

How often are you worrying about the present moment? The present moment is usually all right. If you're worrying, you're either agonizing over the past which you should have forgotten long ago, or else you're apprehensive over the future which hasn't even come yet. We tend to skip over the present moment which is the only moment God gives any of us to live.

Find peace in where and what you are.

I have to remind myself, Stop thinking about the future. Stop thinking about what happened at work today, or another choice you could have made. Just be with your kids. Just be with your friends. Enjoy your victories. Stop second-guessing things that have already happened.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.

Whatever you are doing, don't let past move your mind;don't let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet.

By relinquishing your obsession with the past and your fantasies about the future, you can tap into the power of the present and feel the force of love that resides inside of you.

I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.

I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present.

Chill out, relax and have an open mind.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

Find joy and peace in this very moment.

That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.

The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it.

Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.