“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book 7
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book 5