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Posted on Oct 08, 2008 under Five Good Emperors, M, Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor, Stoic Philosopher | No CommentMarcus Aurelius Love Quote and Sayings
1. Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Lucius’ death in 169. He was the last of the “Five Good Emperors”, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. His tenure was marked by wars in Asia against a revitalized Parthian Empire, and with Germanic tribes along the Limes Germanicus into Gaul and across the Danube. A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius who previously fought under Lucius Verus against the Parthians, failed.
Marcus Aurelius’ work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty.
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1. Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
2. Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
3. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
4. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
5. 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.”
6. How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
7. 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 opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
8. Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
9. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
10. 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.
11. The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
12. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
13. Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
14. 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.
15. You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
