Quotes from Marcus Aurelius

Nothing is so productive of greatness of mind as the ability to examine systematically and truthfully each thing we encounter in life, and to see these things in such a way as to comprehend the nature of the Cosmos.

He who loves fame considers another man's activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding considers his own acts to be his own good.

Yo, al contrario, tras haber contemplado la naturaleza del bien y ver que es algo bello, y la del mal y ver que es algo vergonzoso, y la naturaleza del que yerra y ver que es de mi linaje, no por la misma sangre o simiente, sino por ser partícipe de la inteligencia[180] y fracción divina[181], tampoco puedo subir perjuicio por parte de alguno de ellos, porque nadie me cubrirá de vergüenza; tampoco puedo encolerizarme con el que es de mi linaje ni odiarlo. Hemos

Quando alguém lhe difama ou odeia, ou quando clamam contra a sua pessoa insultos similares, busca penetrar suas almas e ver como eles realmente são. Assim, verá que não vale a pena se esforçar para que tais homens mudem de opinião ao seu respeito.

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say (I. C. 19).

No time for reading. For controlling your arrogance, yes. For overcoming pain and pleasure, yes. For outgrowing ambition, yes. For not feeling anger at stupid and unpleasant people—even for caring about them—for that, yes.

For what hurt can it be unto thee whatsoever any man else doth, as long as thou mayest do that which is proper and suitable to thine own nature?

Entrar en conflicto unos con otros es contrario a la naturaleza; conflicto es enfadarse y darse media vuelta. 

When you face someone's insults, hatred, whatever Ã¢â'¬Â¦ look at his soul. Get inside him. Look at what sort of person he is. You'll find you don't need to strain to impress him.

I often wonder how it is that most people value their own lives above others, yet value other's opinions of them over their own self-opinions.

Her ÅŸey düÅŸüncenin verdiÄŸi biçimi al?r. Ve düÅŸüncenizin kontrolü sizin elinizdedir. Dolay?s?yla yarg?lar?n?z? ortadan kald?rmaya karar verdiÄŸinizde huzura kavuÅŸursunuz. T?pk?, burnu dolaÅŸan bir denizcinin sakin suya, dalgas?z bir koya eriÅŸmesi gibi.

Propio del hombre es amar incluso a los que tropiezan. Y eso se consigue, en cuanto se te ocurra pensar que son tus familiares, y que pecan por ignorancia y contra su voluntad, y que dentro de poco ambos estaréis muerto y que, ante todo, no te dañó puesto que no hizo a tu guía interior peor de lo que era antes

Estás viendo qué pocas son las cosas que debe uno dominar para poder vivir una vida próspera y respetuosa con la divinidad, porque los dioses no exigirán nada más al que mantenga esto.

If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgement about it.

A man might have applied that to him, which is recorded of Socrates, that he knew how to want, and to enjoy those things, in the want whereof, most men show themselves weak; and in the fruition, intemperate: but to hold out firm and constant, and to keep within the compass of true moderation and sobriety in either estate, is proper to a man, who hath a perfect and invincible soul; such as he showed himself in the sickness of Maximus.

When you have to deal with someone, ask yourself: What does he mean by good and bad? If he thinks x or y about pleasure and pain (and what produces them), about fame and disgrace, about death and life, then it shouldn't shock or surprise you when he does x or y. In fact, I'll remind myself that he has no real choice.

Conviene, por consiguiente, mantenerse recto, no enderezado.

When thou art hard to be stirred up and awaked out of thy sleep, admonish thyself and call to mind, that, to perform actions tending to the common good is that which thine own proper constitution, and that which the nature of man do require. But to sleep, is common to unreasonable creatures also. And what more proper and natural, yea what more kind and pleasing, than that which is according to nature?

Borra la imaginación detén el impulso de marioneta. Circunscríbete al momento presente. Comprende lo que te sucede a ti o a otro. Divide y separa el objeto dado en su aspecto causal y material. Piensa en tu hora postrera la falta cometida por aquel dejala allí donde se origino

To change your experience, change your opinion. Stop telling yourself that you're a victim and the pain goes away.

Tres son las relaciones. Una con el recipiente[388] que nos contiene, otra con la causa divina a partir de la cual suceden a todos todas las cosas y otra con quienes convivimos.

Remember that as it is a shame to be surprised if the fig-tree produces figs, so it is to be surprised if the world produces such and such things of which it is productive

forzoso que sean infelices quienes no siguen de cerca los movimientos de su propia alma.

And these your professed politicians, the only true practical philosophers of the world, (as they think of themselves) so full