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
astonished fraud frequently friend good learn man regard
Are you astonished Aulus, that our friend Fabullinus is so frequently deceived? A good man has always something to learn in regard to fraud
enjoy good life men past span twice
Good men make life a twofold span to last: Twice does he live who can enjoy his past
men talking good-man
Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.
morrow be-good
Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.
men judging goodness
Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature.
live-life men good-man
Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.
goodbye live-your-life pleasant-surprises
Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.
good-person should ends
Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.
letting-go goodness
Let goodness go with the doing.
inspirational goes-on good-person
Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
be-good
While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
good-life men fearless
If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all lesser ends and keeping the divinity within you pure and upright, as though you were even now faced with its recall - if you hold steadily to this, staying for nothing and shrinking from nothing, only seeking in each passing action a conformity with nature and in each word and utterance a fearless truthfulness, then the good life shall be yours. And from this course no man has the power to hold you back.
love life good-morning
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
exist free robber writes
The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist