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
doer evil left man wrong
A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something
benefits bees doe
What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.
doe
The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.
hard-work bread doe
He who eats my bread, does my will.
past doe moments
No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.
meditation emeralds doe
Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
wisdom doe
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
doe principles tranquility
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.
men omission doe
A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.
mind doe want
The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.
color emeralds doe
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.
doe source mankind
Am I doing anything? I do it with reference to the good of mankind. Does anything happen to me? I receive it and refer it to the gods, and the source of all things, from which all that happens is derived.
men doe infallible
...the infallible man does not exist.
soul contentment doe
Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.