Marcus Aurelius "Meditations"
2,000+ years later, and the wisdom still hits home. I read Meditations almost daily for three simple reasons: it brings me back to pause, peace, and perspective. History changes, but human nature doesn’t.
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Meditations
Leigh Patterson
“"Soon, you will have forgotten everything. Soon, everybody will have forgotten you. You will be forgotten either way. So live in such a manner that, while you remain, you belong to yourself." I got weirded out by every tech bro being obsessed with the Stoics and Marcus Aurelius as their justification for alpha dominance, but lately I have been into my #MementoMori mindset: I find it refreshing to”
Sarah Kassam
“I've gifted this book more times than I can count. This translation in particular, by Gregory Hays, is Chef's Kiss.”
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