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
hard-work bread doe
He who eats my bread, does my will.
procrastination years thousand
Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.
madmen pursue impossibility
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .
bears way happens
Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.
genuine disposition invincible
A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.
nature ties faults
When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of nature and relation between us.
worst-enemy body actors
The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.
forever flow fountain
Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.
goal raw-materials purpose
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.
decay transformation thee
All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.
purpose done
Let no act be done without purpose.
grief causes opinion
Ifit be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine own conceit and opinion concerning the thing: which thou mayest rid thyself of, when thou wilt.
admirers crowd dinner eloquent
When the crowd of your admirers is shouting, "Bravo! Hear, hear!" it is not you, Pomponius, but your dinner that is eloquent
feast hence lately mouths seen sumptuous supper table thy weight
Varus did lately me to supper call, The table sumptuous was, the supper small; Loaden it was with weight of gold, not meat; Much to be seen was served, little to eat; Varus, our mouths not our eyes, to feast we're here; Take hence thy plate, or fil