“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book IX
“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 VII
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book XII
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book X
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations