https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/stoicism/Recent content in Stoicism on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usFri, 29 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/ideas/marcus-aurelius-quotes/Fri, 29 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/ideas/marcus-aurelius-quotes/<p>There is a sentence attributed to Marcus Aurelius that has been shared millions of times. &ldquo;You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.&rdquo; You will find it on coffee mugs and gym walls, on the motivational accounts of people who have never read the Meditations and on the LinkedIn profiles of people who claim they have. It carries the weight of ancient authority. It sounds, frankly, like something a Roman emperor would say.</p>