In the book Meditations: Marcus Aurelius there are several phrases that inspired me.
These phrases define the traits of a wise man or at least what I consider a wise man.
These traits should be used as a reference to live our lives.
These traits are:
- Be able to forgive
- Be able to change idea when you are wrong
- Collaborate and relate to others. We are not born to oppose each others.
- Do not waste time to judge others. Focusing on what our self do.
- Be able to accept what happens and live by your values. This do not mean to do not take action to change things. But accept what it is already happened.
- Always respect others with our actions and speaking.
- Be simple, kind, serious, fair, affectionate, ambitious to learn new things, energetic to do fulfil our duties.
- Do not be afraid of change.
- Do not complain. If you can, correct what’s wrong, if you can’t, accept without complaining and adapt yourself.
I report here below, in Italian, some phrases that particularly inspired me: