wisdom

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
-Marcus Aurelius

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
-Marcus Aurelius

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
-Seneca

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
-Epictetus

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
-Seneca

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
-Marcus Aurelius

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
-Seneca

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
-Epictetus

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
-Marcus Aurelius

I’m going to be meeting with people today who talk too much – people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won’t be surprised or disturbed, for I can’t imagine a world without such people.
-Marcus Aurelius