No state is so bitter than a calm mind cannot find in it some consolation.

Seneca

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The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity; for always he has striven to rely predominantly on himself, and to derive all joy from himself.

One who asks fearfully teaches us to say no.

Where will you find the virtuous man? Alone.

The Stoic Emperor

The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

You amplify everything you react to.

The Stoic Emperor

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