So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature, what I do by my own.

Marcus Aurelius

Reaction is the enemy of creation. Creation requires deep sustained focus. This focus is under constant attack by "notifications" that encourage you to respond to unending false emergencies. Protect your attention and direct it to where it is most valuable.

The Stoic Emperor

While we wait for life, life passes.

Seneca

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

Seneca

Let us meet with bravery whatever may befall us. Let us never feel a shudder at the thought of being wounded or of being made a prisoner, or of poverty or persecution.

Seneca

All this hurrying from place to place won't bring you any relief, for you're travelling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.

Seneca