Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 8
Quotes from book
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Original 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.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII, 53
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XII, 1
IV, 2
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV
Hays translation
All that is from the gods is full of Providence.
II, 3
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book II
“Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.”
VIII, 22
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
“To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.”
VII, 11
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
τί λοιπὸν ἢ ἀπολαύειν τοῦ ζῆν συνάπτοντα ἄλλο ἐπ ἄλλῳ ἀγαθόν, ὥστε μηδὲ τὸ βραχύτατον διάστημα ἀπολείπειν;
XII, 29
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XII
“All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.”
IV, 44
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV
of deserting his post
VII, 45
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
Alternate Translation: Whatever may befall you, it was preordained for you from everlasting.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X, 5
III, 13
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book III
“Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.”
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 4
Variant: That which is really beautiful has no need of anything. (trans. George Long)
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 20
“All is ephemeral — fame and the famous as well.”
Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον.
IV, 35
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV
“All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.”
X, 27
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
