"10 Quotes From Marcus Aurelius That Will Help You Understand and Embrace Your Emotions"

Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher, had profound insights on emotions and how to manage them. Here are 10 quotes attributed to him on the topic:

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

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

4. "The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
   

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

6. "The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
   

7. "The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
   

8. "It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own."
   

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."
   

10. "Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours."