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
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.
mistake ignorance self
If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
opinion assumption judgment
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.
ignorance ill-will evil
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
missing quality looks
Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
inspirational philosophical failure
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.