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
Marcus Aurelius quotes about
time lasts limits
Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.
life depression insanity
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
soul deep-within
Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.
life real philosophical
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
men soul live-well
The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.
life gratitude philosophical
Each day provides its own gifts.
revenge enemy best-revenge
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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.
friendship nature philosophical
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
wise lying wellspring
Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.
strength men dust
Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.
fire needs inward
Our inward power, when it obeys nature, reacts to events by accommodating itself to what it faces - to what is possible. It needs no specific material. It pursues its own aims as circumstances allow; it turns obstacles into fuel. As a fire overwhelms what would have quenched a lamp. What's thrown on top of the conflagration is absorbed, consumed by it - and makes it burn still higher.
enlightenment limits gone
Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again.
confused confusion deeds
Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.