Tharindu Dissanayake's Reviews > Meditations

"People find pleasure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear."

"a brief instant is all that is lost. For you can’t lose either the past or the future; how could you lose what you don’t have?"

If you read this book patiently, giving it enough time for the lightly mentioned yet very deeply meant to absorb thoroughly, you will find this to be one of the most enlightening experiences one will ever have. How Marcus Aurelius had thought of all this such a long time ago is unbelievable. I promise you, you will find wanting to highlight so many of it, if not everything.

"Human life.
Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying"

One problem I had with this book is to find the 'correct' edition (or translation). I originally purchased the one translated by George W. Chrystal, which seemed a bit complicated. Then after doing a bit of searching, I found there are some popular ones out there. So I found the one by Gregory Hays, which was much clearer. However, now that I'm gone through the entire thing, I will hopefully find the time to read the Chrystal's version some other time.

"You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant. And certainly everything self-important or malicious."

"we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own."