Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a guidebook for Stoicism.

Here are the top 10 quotes from the book that will teach you to become a Stoic:

10. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

9. "The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control, but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts."

8. "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”

7. “I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”

6. “Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or despondent because your days aren’t packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human—however imperfectly—and fully embrace the pursuit that you’ve embarked on.”

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

4. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

3. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

2. “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”

1. “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”

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