Hari·21h agoMeditations by Marcus Aurelius 2.1“The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, dishonest, jealous and surly”
Stoicminds Channel·3d agoMarcus Aurelius Had to Talk Himself Out of Bed Every Morning (What He Said Back to the Voice Asking…“The most powerful man in the world lay under his blankets arguing with himself. That’s the most comforting thing I’ve read all year.”
Sean David Christopher·5d agoBe erect, or be made erectMarcus Aurelius wrote this in his personal memoirs. And no, it’s not about what you first think!
InActive Minds HubbyStoicminds Channel·6d agoMarcus Aurelius Wrote One Line the Night His Anxiety Lifted (Count How Often You Say What If, Then…"I typed, 'Chest feels tight, nothing wrong,' into my phone at three in the morning. Marcus had the answer in 170 AD."A response icon3A response icon3
Stoicminds Channel·Oct 26Marcus Aurelius Was Warned Never to Say He Was Too Busy (Listen for Who Says It to You, and What…“She’d been too busy to call me back for three weeks. She’d found eleven hours for a television series.”A response icon1A response icon1
piko. Japanese nurse·Oct 25Marcus Aurelius told me to expect difficult people. I did, and it still hurt.A Roman emperor’s morning advice, tried by a nurse in JapanA response icon1A response icon1
Compendium·Oct 24Marcus Aurelius Argues With His BlanketsThe Meditations is an emperor’s notebook of pep talks and arguments with himself, and he lets the other side speak.
Stoicminds Channel·Oct 23Marcus Aurelius Said Stop Being Surprised When the Same Person Does the Same Thing Again (The…“Fifteen years of lunches. Fifteen years of her being forty minutes late. Fifteen years of me being astonished.”A response icon1A response icon1
Stoicminds Channel·Oct 16Marcus Aurelius Said When You’re Low, Name One Good Thing About Each Person Around You (It Shows…“I could have listed everything wrong with every one of them. I couldn’t name what was right.”A response icon1A response icon1
Stoicminds Channel·Oct 12Marcus Aurelius Wrote the Let Them Theory Nearly 2,000 Years Ago (Then Added the Part Everyone…“I thought I’d stopped caring what he did. I’d only stopped telling him.”A response icon1A response icon1
