VII, 59
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
—
Marcus Aurelius
,
book
Meditations
Source: Meditations
Last update Nov. 2, 2021.
History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look." by Marcus Aurelius?
Marcus Aurelius 400
Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180Related quotes
Epictetus
(50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
That we do not study to make Use of the established Principles concerning Good and Evil, Chap. xvi.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all”
X, 31
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Context: Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?
Nicholas of Cusa
(1401–1464) German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer
De visione Dei (On The Vision of God) (1453)
Friedrich Schiller
(1759–1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
Tabulae Votivae (Votive Tablets) (1796), "The Key"; tr. Edgar Alfred Bowring, The Poems of Schiller, Complete (1851)
Variant translation:[citation needed]
If you want to know yourself,
Just look how others do it;
If you want to understand others,
Look into your own heart
“When thou findest thyself scorning another, look then at thy own heart and laugh at thy folly.”
Sri Aurobindo
(1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma
X, 1
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
VII, 58
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
