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
life thoughts universe
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
life thoughts universe
The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.
gratitude whole universe
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.
moved universe
The nature of the All moved to make the universe.
spiritual whole universe
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it
change things-change universe
Everything is only for a day ... the universe loves nothing so much as to change things.
social universe
The intelligence of the universe is social.
prize universe
Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.
life opinion universe
The universe is in change, life is an opinion.
drinks mistake morning next till
It is a mistake to think that Acerra reeks of yesterday's liquor: Acerra always drinks till next morning
earth lightly rest thee
Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee
act dignity life observed performance proper proportion remember
Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
life lives loses man nor remember
Remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses
challenged magnitude
I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged as well,