Marcus Aurelius Quote

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.


IX, 16 - Meditations (c. 161–180 CE) - Book IX


The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist...

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist...

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist...

The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist...