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
opinion
Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.
world opinion this-life
The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
love men others-opinions
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
spiritual thinking opinion
Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.
pain giving opinion
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.
grief causes opinion
Ifit be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine own conceit and opinion concerning the thing: which thou mayest rid thyself of, when thou wilt.
opinion mere
Everything is mere opinion.
criticism opinion remember
Remember that all is opinion.
life opinion universe
The universe is in change, life is an opinion.
taken opinion harm
Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.
children names opinion
Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.
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.
opinion transformation life-is
The universe is transformation: life is opinion.
war men opinion
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.