There’s a fundamental difference, though, between the self-improvement advice given by the likes of Tate and the philosophy ...

Marcus Aurelius was a writer and deep thinker. His Stoic philosophical jottings on life and death are now published under the title ‘Meditations’, in which we learn his thoughts on leadership ...

His meditations, originally written in Greek ... In other words, “don’t sweat the small stuff”. Marcus Aurelius emphasizes that we must be indifferent about things that make no difference.

This aphorism appears in Meditations, a collection of philosophical musings written by Marcus Aurelius, a 2nd century Roman emperor. Aurelius is considered one of the less tyrannical, even just ...