Marcus Aurelius Bears Quotations

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.'

Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a part it is of what kind of a whole; and that there is no one who hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which thou art a part.

What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole...

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.