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No man was ever wise by chance.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
Let go of what you can’t control.
From Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish for everything to happen as it does happen.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
The obstacle is the way.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
To be even-minded is the greatest virtue.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
It's not things that upset us, but our judgments about things.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Life is neither good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
It is not how long, but how well you have lived that matters.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
A good character, when established, will be the same in every situation.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
You can't control everything, but you can control your response.
It's not the things themselves that disturb us, but our opinions about them.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
It's not things that upset us, but our judgments about things.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
A good character, when established, is not easily disturbed.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Do not be ashamed to be helped; for it is your own good.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca