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Marcus Aurelius

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Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.


Note 

Note



"Men look for retreats for themselves, the country, the sea-shore, the hills; and you yourself, too, are peculiarly accustomed to feel the same want. Yet all this is very unlike a philosopher, when you may at any hour you please retreat into yourself. For nowhere does a man retreat into more quiet or more privacy than into his own mind, especially one who has within such things that he has only to look into, and become at once in perfect ease; and by ease I mean nothing else but good behaviour."

BOOK IV, 3


Source: Meditations

Wikisource - Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus (en) 

Wikisource - Pensées de Marc-Aurèle (fr) 

Internet Archive - Selbstbetrachtungen by Marcus Aurelius (de) 



At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Tu peux, à l'heure que tu veux, te retirer en toi-même. Nulle retraite n'est plus tranquille ni moins troublée pour l'homme que celle qu'il trouve en son âme.

German
Ziehe dich in dich selbst zurück: dem vernünftigen herrschenden Seelenteil ist ja die Fähigkeit angeboren, sein Genügen in sich selber zu finden, wenn er gerecht handelt und ebendaher vollendete Ruhe hat.




See also 

See also...



Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.

Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.




Quotes for: soul


Quotes

Quotes about soul:


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.





Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.





Go, nothing is better for the soul
Than to dispel some sadness from a soul!












Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Marcus Aurelius also said...


Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





A property, of the rational soul is love of one's neighbour.





Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.





Universal Nature has made reasonable creatures for the sake of one another.












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