The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. -Marcus Aurelius

Give yourself a gift: the present moment. -Marcus Aurelius

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance. -Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. -Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts. -Marcus Aurelius

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. -Marcus Aurelius

What we do in life ripples in eternity. -Marcus Aurelius

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. -Marcus Aurelius

A man’s true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examinations, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right, without troubling himself about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not that which he thinks and says and does. -Marcus Aurelius

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’ -Marcus Aurelius