Quotes about Meditation
It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.
— Marcus Aurelius
That all is as thinking makes it so — and you control your thinking. So remove your judgements whenever you wish and then there is calm - as the sailor rounding the cape finds smooth water and the welcome of a waveless bay.
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and the measureless gulf of eternity behind it and before, and upon the frailty of everything material.
— Marcus Aurelius
Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered
— Marcus Aurelius
It stares you in the face. No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.
— Marcus Aurelius
things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
Continually, and, if possible, in the case of every mental image, consider its nature, realize its emotional content, and judge it rationally.
— Marcus Aurelius
My mind. What is it? What am I making of it? What am I using it for? Is it empty of thought? Isolated and torn loose from those around it? Melted into flesh and blended with it, so that it shares its urges?
— Marcus Aurelius
But by all means bear this in mind, that within a very short time both thou and he will be dead; and soon not even your names will be left behind.
— Marcus Aurelius
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul
— Marcus Aurelius
Consider yourself to be dead, and to have completed your life up to the present time; and now live according to nature the remainder which is allowed you.
— Marcus Aurelius
Neither must he use himself to cut off actions only, but thoughts and imaginations also, that are unnecessary for so will unnecessary consequent actions the better be prevented and cut off.
— Marcus Aurelius