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Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.
– Marcus Aurelius

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
– Marcus Aurelius

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn’t convenient, comfortable, or easy.
– Epictetus

Sickness may challenge your body. But are you merely your body? Lameness may impede your legs. But you are not merely your legs. Your will is bigger than your legs. Your will needn’t be affected by an incident unless you let it.
– Epictetus

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
– Marcus Aurelius

He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.
– Seneca the Younger

Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
– Marcus Aurelius

Nothing that goes on in anyone else’s mind can harm you.
– Marcus Aurelius

The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
– Seneca the Younger

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
– Epictetus