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
honesty pain humility
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.
life science power
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
running thinking dust
Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.
hurt hurt-me i-can
It doesn't hurt me unless I interpret its happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.
birthday years each-day
Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.
life god death
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
giving moments present-moment
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
inspirational positive depression
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
mother philosophical poverty
Poverty is the mother of crime.
love people care
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
forgiveness annoying annoyance
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
mistake ignorance self
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.
motivational track inspirational-running
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
inspirational truth honesty
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.