Favourite quotes from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius?

By TinyChapter

I’m working my way through Marcus Aurelius’ *Meditations* right now, and I’m curious what everyone’s favorite quotes are. I haven’t finished it yet, but so far my favorite is from Book 2, verse 12. The part about how quickly everything disappears—what’s out there, and even the memory of it—really stuck with me. It also talks about how the “real” nature of things we sense is kind of gross and decaying, especially stuff that tries to pull us in with pleasure or scares us with pain, or gets all hyped up through pride. I don’t know, it just makes me think, like, our minds are supposed to be able to see through that stuff.