Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Destiny
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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Love the people with whom fate brings you together
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This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
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Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art
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Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.
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Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.
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Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
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