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
enjoy life past twice
To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice
empathy mind speakers
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.
persons values
A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
thankful dream gratitude
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
happiness happy motivation
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
happy-life mind bears
Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.
positive men pursue
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
meditation soul littles
You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
tolerance strict
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
endurance substance buried
All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of those whom we have buried.
positive-thinking men life-is
A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
procrastination thinking years
Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.
life lying men
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
focus essentials moments
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'