Marcus Aurelius, an eminent Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, is renowned as a paragon of the philosophy of Stoicism. His timeless wisdom, encapsulated in his work “Meditations”, provides practical guidance on self-improvement, mental fortitude, and understanding our place in the cosmos.
Today, Aurelius’s teachings continue to enlighten us on leading a virtuous life, handling adversity with grace, and striving for harmony within ourselves and with the world around us.
His philosophies guide millions in developing resilience, emotional intelligence, and deep introspection.
1. “The act of dying is one of the acts of life.” – Marcus Aurelius
2. “Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” – Marcus Aurelius
3. “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius
4. “To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.” – Marcus Aurelius
5. “Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” – Marcus Aurelius
6. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
7. “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
8. “There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.” – Marcus Aurelius
9. “Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.” – Marcus Aurelius
10. “Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.” – Marcus Aurelius
11. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
12. “Each day provides its own gifts.” – Marcus Aurelius
13. “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius
14. “We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.” – Marcus Aurelius
15. “Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.” – Marcus Aurelius
16. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius
17. “Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” – Marcus Aurelius
18. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” – Marcus Aurelius
19. “What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.” – Marcus Aurelius
20. “Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” – Marcus Aurelius
21. “Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.'” – Marcus Aurelius
22. “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” – Marcus Aurelius
23. “Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” – Marcus Aurelius
24. “Poverty is the mother of crime.” – Marcus Aurelius
25. “And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.” – Marcus Aurelius
26. “Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.” – Marcus Aurelius
27. “To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.” – Marcus Aurelius
28. “The universe is transformation: life is opinion.” – Marcus Aurelius
29. “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” – Marcus Aurelius
30. “Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.” – Marcus Aurelius
31. “Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.” – Marcus Aurelius
32. “Each day provides its own gifts.” – Marcus Aurelius
33. “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” – Marcus Aurelius
34. “Confine yourself to the present.” – Marcus Aurelius
35. “Do every act of your life as if it were your last.” – Marcus Aurelius
36. “Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.” – Marcus Aurelius
37. “How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.” – Marcus Aurelius
38. “Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.” – Marcus Aurelius
39. “Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.” – Marcus Aurelius
40. “Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.” – Marcus Aurelius
41. “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” – Marcus Aurelius
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