{"id":39472,"date":"2021-06-07T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=39472"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:45:22","slug":"marcus-aurelius-meditations-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/marcus-aurelius-meditations-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Aurelius: Meditations Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking for Marcus Aurelius&#8217;s <em>Meditations<\/em> quotes? What are some of the most noteworthy passages worth revisiting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many scholars consider <em>Meditations<\/em>, written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, to be one of the definitive texts on Stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece and its central idea is that<strong> <\/strong>rational thinking can guide you through any hardship and allow you to endure any pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some quotes and passages that highlight some of the key Stoicism concepts and ideas discussed in the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Meditations<\/em>: Quotes and Passages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meditations <\/em>is a series of Marcus Aurelius&#8217;s personal writings about practical applications of Stoicism. The following Marcus Aurelius&#8217;s <em>Meditations<\/em> quotes highlight some of his key ideas on how you can put this ancient philosophy into practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cYou have power over your mind &#8211; not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Aurelius, your inner strength resides in your mind. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/stoic-mind\/\">stoic mind<\/a> is like a perfect sphere in perfect stillness. It doesn\u2019t reach outward or retreat inward; instead, it simply exists and observes. By focusing only on your own thoughts, and only on the present moment, you can shape yourself into that sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several characteristics of a stoic mind, and you should always strive to uphold them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sanity\u2014that is, seeing and understanding every individual thing for what it truly is, not getting lost in stories and superstitions.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cooperation\u2014willingly accepting whatever nature gives you, moment to moment.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Disinterest\u2014a lack of self-interest, or in other words, selflessness. You should always be driven by reason and intelligence, not self-centered desires or fears.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cIt is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You should live with the knowledge that you&#8217;ll eventually die and use that knowledge to stay focused on your work.<strong> <\/strong>However, that doesn\u2019t mean that you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-conquer-the-fear-of-death\/\">fear death<\/a>.&nbsp;What you should fear is to never have lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Death is a natural and necessary process, and there\u2019s no reason for a rational person to be afraid of it. You can be sure of this because the gods have given you the intelligence, skills, and tools that you need to avoid harm; therefore, if death were harmful, they would have given you a way to avoid it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the gods and nature don\u2019t act randomly, letting good and bad things happen to good and bad people respectively. However, everyone experiences life and death\u2014along with pleasure and pain, and success and failure\u2014so you must conclude that these things are neither good nor bad. They simply exist. If death isn\u2019t bad, then there\u2019s no reason to be afraid of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody knows what happens after death, but there\u2019s no reason to fear that, either. If you go on to another life, then that place must surely have gods as well. They won\u2019t allow any harm to come to you. If, however, there\u2019s nothing after death, then it means you&#8217;ll be free of pleasures and pains; free of the concerns of your failing body. Neither possibility should scare you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cWhen you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can&#8217;t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own &#8211; not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, people who stand in your way can\u2019t hurt you: The only thing that can hurt you is that which hurts your character. Therefore, others\u2019 thoughts and actions can\u2019t harm you; only your own reactions to them can. If you decide not to be harmed, you won\u2019t be harmed. If you don\u2019t <em>feel <\/em>hurt, then you haven\u2019t been hurt. All that matters is what your mind is doing at the present moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, if someone else has tried to hurt you, that\u2019s his problem and not yours. Remember: What happens to you is prescribed by nature, and how you respond is prescribed by your personal nature. In the same vein, what the other person did was dictated by his own nature\u2014those actions reflect upon him, not upon you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t think that any particular event, such as someone trying to hurt you, was unfortunate\u2014rather, you should feel fortunate you weren\u2019t harmed by it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting angry at another person\u2019s misbehavior is pointless. If someone misbehaves, it\u2019s because he\u2019s mistaken about what\u2019s best. It then becomes your job to show him how and why he\u2019s wrong if you can\u2014simply losing your temper won\u2019t solve anything but it will likely make the consequences worse. According to Aurelius, if you <em>do <\/em>ever get angry, it\u2019s because you&#8217;ve forgotten two key points:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nature ordains everything that happens.<\/li><li>You aren\u2019t responsible for what others do.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cDo not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/act-as-if\/\">act as if<\/a> you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/talking-about-death\/\">discussing death<\/a>, Aurelius emphasizes to always keep it in mind, reminding yourself that even the greatest human life is insignificant; it blows away like smoke on the wind. Knowing that, why should you worry about life and death? To live your short life righteously, in accordance with nature and <em>logos<\/em>, is enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for Marcus Aurelius&#8217;s Meditations quotes? What are some of the most noteworthy passages worth revisiting? Many scholars consider Meditations, written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, to be one of the definitive texts on Stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece and its central idea is that rational thinking can guide you through any hardship and allow you to endure any pain. 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