Marcus Aurelius Wisdom

5 Stoic Principles That Keep You Mentally Tough In Hard Times. 1. Memento Mori: Remember, you will die. 2. Amor Fati: Embrace your fate. 3. Locus Or Control: Care only about things you can control. 4. Premeditatio Malorum: Prepare for the worst. 5. The obstacle is the way

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

If you shall be afraid not because you must some time cease to live, but if you shall fear never to have begun to live according to nature – then you will be a man worthy of the universe that has produced you, and you will cease to be a stranger in your native land.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant.

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.

3 Stoic Life Lessons from Marcus Aurelius: 1. It's not what happens, it's how we respond to what happens. 2. Ask yourself: Is this essential? 3. Memento mori

Stay calm and serene regardless of what life throws at you.

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.

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

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.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.