“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book 5
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, and do so with all your heart.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Endurance is not the absence of pain. It's the decision to keep your hands steady while you feel it.”
“The will to live is not the will to live at any cost; it is the will to live this life.” — Nassim Taleb · Paraphrased from Stoic philosophy
“A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations