stoic

Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill… I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together.
-Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
-Marcus Aurelius

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.
-Seneca

Make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it occurs.
-Epictetus

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
-Epictetus

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. -Marcus Aurelius

The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.
-Seneca

It isn’t the events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgements about them.
-Epictetus

No man is free who is not master of himself.
-Epictetus

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
-Seneca