“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life.”
-Marcus Aurelius
“To get upset by things is to wrongly assume that they will last, [and] to resent change is to wrongly assume that you have a choice in the matter”
- Ryan Holiday
“A brave man isnt someone who doesnt experience any trace of fear whatsoever but someone who acts courageously despite feeling anxiety”
- Donald Robertson
“He who is brave is free.”
- Lucius Seneca
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
- Marcus Aurelius