Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (26.4.121 - 17.3.180)
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate
brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls,
penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need
to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate
brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls,
penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need
to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.”
What we do now echoes in eternity - Marcus Aurelius
