Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius ## Quotes - [[Be good to people. Be patient with them. People are our proper occupation.]] - [[Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself]] - [[I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it.]] - [[Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn't matter]] - [[The impediment to action advances action]] - [[The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.]] - [[The obstacle is the way]] - [[The only thing that's not worthless in this life is to do what's right. It's to be good. To be patient with those who aren't]] - [[You could be good today. Instead, you choose tomorrow.]] ## See also - [[Epictetus]] - [[Ryan Holiday]] - [[Seneca]]