“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Let each thing you would do, say, or intend, be like that of a dying person.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Bear in mind that everything that exists is already fraying at the edges.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations