10 Timeless Life Lessons from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations:
1. On living in the present:
For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not.
For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not.
2. On the shortness of life:
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.
3. On materialism:
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not.
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not.
4. On self reliance:
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
5. On principles/values:
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.
6. On the dangers external influences:
It is thy duty to leave another man’s wrongful act there where it is.
It is thy duty to leave another man’s wrongful act there where it is.
7. On being good:
Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.
Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.
8. On self improvement:
Practise thyself even in the things which thou despairest of accomplishing.
For even the left hand, which is ineffectual for all other things for want of practice, holds the bridle more vigorously than the right hand; for it has been practised in this.
Practise thyself even in the things which thou despairest of accomplishing.
For even the left hand, which is ineffectual for all other things for want of practice, holds the bridle more vigorously than the right hand; for it has been practised in this.
9. On faith:
Live with the gods. And he does live with the gods who constantly shows to them, his own soul is satisfied with that which is assigned to him
Live with the gods. And he does live with the gods who constantly shows to them, his own soul is satisfied with that which is assigned to him
10. On perspective:
Think of the universal substance, of which thou hast a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art.
Think of the universal substance, of which thou hast a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art.
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