Marcus Aurelius Reason Quotations

Socrates gave as his reason for declining an invitation to the court of Perdiccas, "I have no wish to go down to my grave with ignominy;" implying that he would accept no favor which he could not repay

To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

He is a true fugitive who flies from reason.