“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Quotes from bookMeditations
Marcus AureliusOriginal title Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτὸν
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Misattributed
Source: Cited as being from The Meditations. This quote does not exist there; although there are several other statements about everything being an opinion, none of these are connected to a sentence about perspectives.
“Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
VIII, 36
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
Context: Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unable to hold out against even this.
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Variant: How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
Source: Meditations
“Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them. (Long translation)”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them. (trans. Meric Casaubon).
Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν· ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε.
VIII, 59
Variant: Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
