1. “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” ― Marcus Aurelius
2. “If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.” ― Joe Rogan
3. “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.” ― Marcus Aurelius
4. “Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.” – Marcus Aurelius
5. “Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. The twining strands of fate wove both of them together.” ― Marcus Aurelius
6. “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” ― Marcus Aurelius
7. “To be even minded is the greatest virtue.” ― Heraclitus
8. “Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity.” – Robert Greene
9. “No human thing is of serious importance.” ― Plato
10. “Stop drifting…Sprint to the finish. Write off your hopes, and if your well-being matters to you, be your own savior while you can.” ― Marcus Aurelius
11. “Define for me now what the “indifferents” are. Whatever things we cannot control. Tell me the upshot. They are nothing to me.” ― Epictetus
12. “A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man without trials.” ― Seneca
13. “Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.” ― Socrates
14. “They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.” ― Seneca
15. “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
16. “Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.” ― Seneca
17. “He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.” ― Seneca
18. “Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life.” – Robert Greene
19. “Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.” ― Seneca
20. “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius
21. “Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.” ― Seneca
22. “We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca
23. “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” ― Epictetus
24. “Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.” ― Seneca
25. “If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now.” ― Marcus Aurelius
26. “To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.” ― Zen proverb
27. “You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius
28. “It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” ― Seneca
29. “Choose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been.” – Marcus Aurelius
30. “We should always be asking ourselves: “Is this something that is, or is not, in my control?”- Epictetus
31. “Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” – James Allen
32. “Things stand outside of us, themselves by themselves, neither knowing anything of themselves nor expressing any judgment.” ― Marcus Aurelius
33. “No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.” ― Epictetus
34. “We should not, like sheep, follow the herd of creatures in front of us, making our way where others go, not where we ought to go.” ― Seneca
35. “External thinks are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.” – Marcus Aurelius
36. “You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius
37. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ― Epictetus
38. “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.– Marcus Aurelius
39. “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?—Epictetus
40. “Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.” ― Marcus Aurelius
41. “Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions — not outside.” ― Marcus Aurelius
42. “No human thing is of serious importance.” ― Plato
43. “The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.” – Marcus Aurelius
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