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Meditations

167 C.E.

Stoic wisdom from a Roman emperor’s diary: Meditations is Marcus Aurelius’ raw, introspective guide to resilience. He urges focusing only on what you control—your thoughts and actions—while accepting external chaos with calm clarity. Embrace adversity as growth, practice gratitude, and act with integrity, even when others don’t. His timeless reflections (written 2,000 years ago!) remind us: life’s quality depends not on events, but how we meet them with reason and compassion.

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