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
meditation soul littles
You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
life positive able
Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?
life strength believe
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.
positive men pursue
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
procrastination thinking years
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.
long oblivion fame
How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.
time giving something-new
Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
campaigns strange life-is
Life is a campaign, a brief staying in a strange region.
positive-thinking men life-is
A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
philosophical mindfulness
Confine yourself to the present.
madness impossibility
To expect an impossibility is madness.
happiness perfection mind
Happiness is no other than soundness and perfection of mind.
adversity helping harmony
When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.
men thinking wind
Observe and contemplate on the hidden things of life: how a man's seed is but the beginning, it takes others to bring it to fruition. Think how food undergoes such changes to produce health and strength. See the power of these hidden things which, like the wind cannot been seen, but its effects can be.