Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aureliuswas Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. Marcus Aurelius was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. He was a practitioner of Stoicism, and his untitled writing, commonly known as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, is the most significant source of our modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 April 121
CityRome, Italy
kindness fate years
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
bears remains remove
What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
life moving-on wise
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
inspirational ambition mean
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
inspirational life work
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
philosophical form lasting
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
philosophical ambition men
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
inspirational philosophical thinking
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
community mind vision
Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
fortune born misfortunes
Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
evil
Nothing is evil which is according to nature.
teacher educational father
From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent.
love inspirational change
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
destiny needs patterns
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?