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
passing-away existence non-existence
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.
goes-on world cucumbers
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'
action life-yourself
You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
ideas sticks utterance
Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.
imagination crushed whole
Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.
land battle strange
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
death ephemeral remember
Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.
love fate spun
Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate.
self fire different
As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.
arrogance let-it-go wealth
Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.
life vex may
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.
life past space
Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past.
life sage occupation
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
life fall journey
Spend your brief moment according to nature's law, and serenely greet the journey's end as an olive falls when it is ripe, blessing the branch that bare it, and giving thanks to the tree that gave it life.