<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 02:38:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/aurelius/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Quote to Start the Week - Marcus Aurelius - Being Alive]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@hawaiialoha/quote-to-start-the-week-marcus-aurelius-being-alive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@hawaiialoha/quote-to-start-the-week-marcus-aurelius-being-alive</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hawaiialoha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2JPzZZ34n4GkhsJsRsyapMjnoWfFg7tXE6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aurelius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ich habe mein Aktiendepot erweitert und mir ein paar Aktien von Aurelius ins Depot gelegt. Aurelius ist eine deutsche Beteiligungsgesellschaft die 2006 von zwei ehemaligen McKinsey-Beratern Dirk Markus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aktien/@hatoto/aurelius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aktien/@hatoto/aurelius</guid><category><![CDATA[aktien]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hatoto]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnCPfZfFtovPzvqHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 0144]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life #MarcusAurelius]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/act/@helices/philosophy-0144</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/act/@helices/philosophy-0144</guid><category><![CDATA[act]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:06:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”, Marcus Aurelius , Meditations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevercoin2/everything-we-hear-is-an-opinion-not-a-fact-everything-we-see-is-a-perspective-not-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clevercoin2/everything-we-hear-is-an-opinion-not-a-fact-everything-we-see-is-a-perspective-not-the-truth</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clevercoin2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt2k1bnqV2EGczjCRnvaWCWSjy7oBJbmmqdQBVcYKUohDdzY5GR4EttSo4YuWmeS6neVtr8mB4vaM3QsugHk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections on Aphorisms #35]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday's reflections blew up, but today I didn't feel like returning to my usual sources of aphorisms. Instead, I began reading the Meditations, and it is from them that I will draw today's focus. Aphorism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steempress/@kwilley/reflectionsonaphorisms35-48kk5napr9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steempress/@kwilley/reflectionsonaphorisms35-48kk5napr9</guid><category><![CDATA[steempress]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kwilley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6KincGa12E4qUgq2exCkGddGBpbpmvCsTnw2E2UHdnEPYv9zpndn1Fg26srxSdjyyecR2mmP1ai5zsDeTs3MDLhDzuxZ6nKjTUUXeqr6o46zkGcsfcL7ANFv1ohRgpCHvUTDycaLiLqtviS5Z14Lz4u95zYQL82wb1mAHzMM9i7YsWn5gRk1dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@veteran/marcus-aurelius-1539593631</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quote/@veteran/marcus-aurelius-1539593631</guid><category><![CDATA[quote]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[veteran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamieframe ZAP - 20180818t101907586z]]></title><description><![CDATA["You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."Marcus Aurelius#philosophy #stoicism #Aurelius]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jamieframe/jamieframe-zap-20180818t101907586z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@jamieframe/jamieframe-zap-20180818t101907586z</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jamieframe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy 029]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them #MarcusAurelius]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beauty/@helices/philosophy-029</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beauty/@helices/philosophy-029</guid><category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:06:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words to live 026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life #MarcusAurelius]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/last/@helices/words-to-live-026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/last/@helices/words-to-live-026</guid><category><![CDATA[last]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 12:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 2, 2018:  Duty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, 6.2: "Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are freezing or hot, groggy or well rested, vilified or praised, not even if dying or passed by other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/duty/@stoicdoc/march-2-2018-duty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/duty/@stoicdoc/march-2-2018-duty</guid><category><![CDATA[duty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 1, 2018:  Plato]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.48: "How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, its best to take a bird's eye view and see everything all at once--of gatherings, armies,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/plato/@stoicdoc/march-1-2018-plato</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/plato/@stoicdoc/march-1-2018-plato</guid><category><![CDATA[plato]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 03:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 27, 2018: Distractions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 10.9 “Drama, combat, terror, numbness, and subservience-everyday these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your ind entertains them uncritically or lets them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/distraction/@stoicdoc/february-27-2018-distractions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/distraction/@stoicdoc/february-27-2018-distractions</guid><category><![CDATA[distraction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:03:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 25, 2018: Framing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2.2: " Frame your thoughts like this -- you are an old person, you won't let yourself be enslaved by this any longer, no longer pulled like a puppet by every impulse,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/framing/@stoicdoc/february-25-2018-framing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/framing/@stoicdoc/february-25-2018-framing</guid><category><![CDATA[framing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:48:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 21, 2018: Virtue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.15: "Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn't your truth, justice, and self control shine until you are extinguished?"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/virtue/@stoicdoc/february-21-2018-virtue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/virtue/@stoicdoc/february-21-2018-virtue</guid><category><![CDATA[virtue]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 19, 2018: Perfection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.50: "That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/perfection/@stoicdoc/february-19-2018-perfection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/perfection/@stoicdoc/february-19-2018-perfection</guid><category><![CDATA[perfection]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:51:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 18, 2018: Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.15: "Whatever anyone does or says, for my part I'm bound to the good. IN the same way emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: 'whatever anyone does or says,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jobs/@stoicdoc/february-18-2018-jobs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jobs/@stoicdoc/february-18-2018-jobs</guid><category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:35:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 17, 2018:  Obstacles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.41: "Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind for they can't be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything." Murphy's Law states "if]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/obstacle/@stoicdoc/february-17-2018-obstacles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/obstacle/@stoicdoc/february-17-2018-obstacles</guid><category><![CDATA[obstacle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:12:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[February 14, 2018:  Positive thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 5.16: Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions." You can view your brain/mind as any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/positive/@stoicdoc/february-14-positive-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/positive/@stoicdoc/february-14-positive-thoughts</guid><category><![CDATA[positive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stoicdoc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:57:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoic Philosophy: Quotation from Marcus Aurelius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thought for the year 2018 “When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcus/@rajbeekie/stoic-philosophy-quotation-from-marcus-aurelius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcus/@rajbeekie/stoic-philosophy-quotation-from-marcus-aurelius</guid><category><![CDATA[marcus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rajbeekie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 02:23:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions and life advice from Marcus Aurelius, Adam Robinson, and Josh Waitzkin]]></title><description><![CDATA[How many mistakes have you made in the past? Were you able to fully recover from those mistakes or have they led you down some path of self loathing? Sometimes setbacks and mistakes can seem like the end]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/waitzkin/@chiefmcconnell/decisions-and-life-advice-from-marcus-aurelius-adam-robinson-and-josh-waitzkin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/waitzkin/@chiefmcconnell/decisions-and-life-advice-from-marcus-aurelius-adam-robinson-and-josh-waitzkin</guid><category><![CDATA[waitzkin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiefmcconnell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 03:20:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>