When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep on going back to it.

Marcus Aurelius

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Stoicism helps us keep a better ledger of what things are truly worth. It places the highest value on honesty, on self-respect, on tranquility and freedom and security.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.

Marcus Aurelius

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.

The obstacle is the way.

It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them... It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

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