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Quote of Marcus Aurelius - If you suffer pain because of...


Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

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

If you suffer pain because of some external cause, what troubles you is not the thing but your decision about it.


Note 

Note



">i>If you suffer pain because of some external cause, what troubles you is not the thing but your decision about it, and this it is in your power to wipe out at once."

BOOK VIII, 47


Quote source: Meditations

Wikisource - Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus (en) 

Internet Archive - Selbstbetrachtungen by Marcus Aurelius (de) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Si c'est à cause d'une des choses extérieures que tu t'affliges, ce n'est pas elle qui te trouble, mais ton jugement au sujet de cette chose.

German
Verursacht dir ein Gegenstand der Außenwelt Leid, so ist er es nicht, der dich beunruhigt, sondern dein Urteil darüber.




See also 

See also...



Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

So when any one makes you angry, know that it is your own thought that has angered you.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.

It is possible to entertain no thought about this, and not to be troubled in spirit; for things of themselves are not so constituted as to create our judgements upon them.




Quotes

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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.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.












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