Excerpts from "Meditations"

People despise each other and flatter each other. People each hope that they are higher than others, and each prostrates himself in front of others.

——Mark Aurelius, "Meditations"

Accept without arrogance and give up without hesitation.

——Marco Aurelius' "Meditations"

Most people live in seclusion in the countryside, by the sea, or in the mountains.

You also longed for this the most. life.

But this is the most vulgar thing,

Because you can retreat into your own heart at any time.

A person cannot find a place more peaceful than his own soul.

——Marco Aurelius, "Meditations"

He never becomes a tragic figure, never groans in pain, never seeks solitude, and never desires the hustle and bustle of the world; There is nothing to pursue and nothing to avoid in my life.

——Marco Aurelius, "Meditations"