A pocket-sized classic for days when your brain needs something steadier to hold onto.

Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as private notes to himself: reminders about patience, perspective, character, and how to meet life without being flattened by it. This Modern Library trade paperback features Gregory Hays’s clear, immediate translation, plus a foreword by Ryan Holiday.

It is practical philosophy in little pieces, the kind you can read one page at a time with tea nearby, incense burning, or a pencil in hand. A good book for hard seasons, quiet resets, and anyone trying to choose one better thought for the day.

• Author: Marcus Aurelius
• Translated by: Gregory Hays
• Foreword by: Ryan Holiday
• Format: Trade paperback
• Publisher: Modern Library / Random House Group
• Pages: 272
• ISBN: 9780812968255