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
destiny chiefs all-things
This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.
nature art natural
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which is inferior to art, the arts imitate the nature of things.
morning men awake
If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'
dope feelings belief
Put from you the belief that 'I have been wronged', and with it will go the feeling. Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.
respect art soul
To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.
wisdom doe
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
character perfection lasts
To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.
fate perfection each-day
This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.
destiny may spinning
Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.
warfare life-is stranger
Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
ephemeral reputation fame
All is Ephemeral, fame and the famous as well.
self-improvement wickedness ridiculous
How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.
night life-is stranger
Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.
morning snow joy
Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning.