Marcus Aurelius

"Recognize that everything that happens to you is an opportunity to practice virtue."

"In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your speech, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't waver."

"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of good: and it is always ready to bubble up if you just dig."

"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

"The universe is a single living organism, made up of matter and soul."

"You are not harmed by being treated unjustly; you are harmed only when you believe you are."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"Receive without arrogance, release without struggle."

"People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. You have the ability to retreat into yourself whenever you like."

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

"Do not be ashamed to need help. You have a duty to fulfill just like a soldier on the wall of battle."

"Some things are within our control and some are not. It is wise to know the difference."

"The only way out is through."

"Why do you want to keep a dead thing? Did not your life benefit from never meeting them again?"

"If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"When you face hardship, remember: you are made stronger by overcoming it."

"Our task is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to see what lies clearly in the present."

"You become what you repeatedly do."

"Even if you break into a thousand pieces, you can still be made whole."

"Begin each day by telling yourself: I will encounter a busybody, an ungrateful man, an egotist, a liar, the unchaste. Ignorance is the cause of all these things."

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.'"

"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind."

"Beware of acting the lion before you have grown the beard."

"Our actions may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions."

"To practice philosophy is to learn how to die."

"Enjoy the honey of this life and please yourself with delicacies. The rest of life is uncertain."

"You came into the world a dependent. Be not ungrateful for the support you received, and do not resist the support given to others."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"Refuse to be unhappy. Nothing outside your own will can obstruct your will."