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
opinion assumption judgment
Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.
ignorance ill-will evil
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.
missing quality looks
Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
inspirational philosophical failure
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
opinion transformation life-is
The universe is transformation: life is opinion.
selfish people ungrateful
I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.
way action stoicism
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
soul mind world
The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.
honesty pain humility
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.
life science power
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
birthday years each-day
Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.
giving moments present-moment
Give yourself a gift: the present moment.
inspirational positive depression
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
mother philosophical poverty
Poverty is the mother of crime.