Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Events Quotes, Time Quotes

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely...

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely...

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...