Marcus Aurelius , who I'm a big fan of, from that period.
Marcus Aurelius writes, "To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over.
Marcus Aurelius says, there is no good or bad-- there's only perception.
Marcus Aurelius says this line.
Marcus Aurelius seems to be the most accessible.
Marcus Aurelius is how I got into it.
While Marcus Aurelius , who was the most powerful man on the planet at the time-- emperor of Rome-- was on a military campaign.
So just like Marcus Aurelius , it's sa- same name two generations later.
They both read Marcus Aurelius , Epictetus, and other Stoics, and they thought, oh, these people were onto something here, that there is something that can work,
There are versions of Marcus Aurelius 's "Meditations" that really feel like a different book from some other translations.
Just like Marcus Aurelius , I did have an anger problem.
But as Marcus Aurelius says , to expect that people are not gonna do stupid things or that people are not gonna say things that are hurtful
And this is done by Marcus Aurelius , who's a famous stoic, who made this famous years and years ago.
One of the famous lines about Marcus Aurelius is from Matthew Arnold, who was a Christian scholar and writer.
My favorite stoic quote is from Marcus Aurelius .
What's really interesting about philosophy is that that's what Marcus Aurelius ' "Meditations" was.
I have a quote on my refrigerator that's from Marcus Aurelius .
Then I remember one of the Stoics was Marcus Aurelius , and I read the "Meditations" when I was in college, and I found it an interesting, provocative book.
And there's a quote on the back from Marcus Aurelius .
And one of the most famous practitioners, Marcus Aurelius , who's the old guy in "Gladiator" that Joaquin Phoenix's character kills.
My favorite long quote-- too long to read to you now-- by Marcus Aurelius , who was a stoic philosopher and the Emperor of Rome.
So I focus on stoicism, specifically on Marcus Aurelius , who is at the time of writing his book "Meditations," which mine is partially based on,
But stoicism, the three most prominent stoics are Marcus Aurelius , who I just said was the emperor, Epictetus, who was a former slave.
Whether you actually do your evening meditation in the way in which Marcus Aurelius did or not, that's a practical aspect of it,
I think like Marcus Aurelius 's meditations is so informative on so many
It's almost like a modern "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius .
And I would say that you can start in many places, whether it's Marcus Aurelius ' "Meditations," or the "Moral
And perhaps the best model of that journal available to Stoic practitioners is the "Meditations" of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius .
In fact, if you notice, Marcus Aurelius writes his journal in the second person.
His reigning name is Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.
Something I noticed recently, I started reading little bits of more like ancient literature, like Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus, like stoic philosophers.
Well, the big one is the one that I based-- So the book is based on a quote from Marcus Aurelius .
Some of my favorite, for instance, are by a Classicist named Robin Waterfield, who has translated both Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus.
And as I said, Marcus Aurelius is a great example.