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
children names opinion
Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.
divinity serene take-me
Take me and cast me where you will; I shall still be possessor of the divinity within me, serene and content.
evil doe injustice
Whoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
philosophical loving-yourself self-acceptance
Be content to seem what you really are.
inspirational happiness happy
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
revenge enemy best-revenge
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
inspirational destiny people
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
hands feet cooperation
We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws.
adversity cucumbers path
The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.
change life-changing understanding
Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
endurance substance buried
All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of those whom we have buried.
tolerance strict
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
loyalty respect honesty
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
men soul live-well
The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.