Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and Stoic-influenced philosopher (121 to 180); emperor from 161 to 180; author of the Meditations.
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Acting against one another, including being vexed and turning away, is contrary to nature
To act against one another, then, is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.
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Acting against one another, including being vexed and turning away, is contrary to nature
To act against one another, then, is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
No one loses any life but the one they are living now, however long they live
Though thou shouldest be going to live three thousand years and as many times ten thousand years, still remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
The universe is transformation, and life is opinion
The universe is transformation: life is opinion.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
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Remove your judgement that you have been harmed and the harm goes with it
Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, "I have been harmed." Take away the complaint, "I have been harmed," and the harm is taken away.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
The mind takes on the character of the thoughts it habitually holds
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
As a rational, social being, a person's city is the whole world
But my nature is rational and social; and my city and country, so far as I am Antoninus, is Rome, but so far as I am a man, it is the world.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
The source of good is within you and keeps flowing if you keep digging
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
Stop discussing what a good person should be, and be one
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.
Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862) Said c. 171–175 CE
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