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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

PhilosophyStoicismClassic

Key Insights

1

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

2

The obstacle is the way: what stands in the path becomes the path. Every difficulty is training material.

3

Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.

4

Memento mori: the awareness of death is not morbid — it is clarifying. It removes the trivial and reveals the essential.

5

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Guard your mind as you would guard your home.

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