You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
— Meditations, Book V
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Marcus Aurelius
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Ancient Rome121 AD – 180 ADRoman Emperor & Stoic Philosopher
Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors. His personal writings, known as the Meditations, are a primary source of our understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit; the second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
— Meditations, Book X
Ancient RomeThe object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.
— Meditations, Book VI
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