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
talking soul waste
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!
nature philosophical men
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
inspirational goes-on good-person
Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
inspirational thinking light
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.
philosophical persons happens
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
philosophical form lasting
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
motivation work half
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
love inspirational change
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
death philosophical secret
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.
strength spring emotional
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
philosophical men sake
Men exist for the sake of one another.
war philosophical future
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
inspirational water cliffs
Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
wise humor deep-thought
The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.