stoic

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
-Marcus Aurelius

All is ephemeral – fame and the famous as well.
-Marcus Aurelius

The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response.
-Epictetus

Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
-Epictetus

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
-Marcus Aurelius

The best cure for anger is delay.
-Seneca

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
-Marcus Aurelius

Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
-Epictetus

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
-Seneca

Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.
-Marcus Aurelius