Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Marucs Aurelius was Roman king who ruled between 161 AD to 180 AD. He is well known as a philosopher king and his book Meditations is considered as first book on Stoicism.

The book is a series of personal writings by him, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.

Some well known quotes from the book

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” 

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

"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.” 

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” 

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

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” 

And finally my favorite

“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.”