"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of

greatness"
- Seneca

"lt's time you realised that you have something

in you more powerful and miraculous than the
things that affect you and make you dance
around like a puppet."
- Marcus Aurelius

"Today l escaped anxiety. Or no, l discarded it,

because it was within me, in my own
perceptions not outside."
- Marcus Aurelius

"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

"Every difficulty in life presents us with an

opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our
own submerged inner resources."
- Epicrerus

"lf it's endurable, then endure it. Stop

complaining."
- Marcus Aurelius

"To bear trails with a calm mind robs misfortune

of its strength and burden."
- Seneca

"What would have become of Hercules do you

think if there had been no lion,
hydra, stag or boar - and no savage criminals to
rid the world of? What would he have done in
the absence of such challenges? Obviously he
would have just rolled over in bed and gone
back to sleep. He never would have developed
into the mighty Hercules."
- Epictetus

"l may wish to be free from torture, but if the

time comes for me to endure it, I'll wish to bear
it courageously with bravery and honor"
- Seneca
"Excellence withers without an adversary."
- Seneca

"No man is more unhappy than he who never

faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove
himself."
- Seneca

"Don't hope that events will turn out the way

you want, welcome events in whichever way
they happen: this is the path to peace."
- Epictetus

"ls your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are

there thorns in your path? Turn aside. That is
enough. Do not go on and say, "Why were things
of this sort ever brought into this world?"
- Marcus Aurelius

"To be like the rock that the waves keep

crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging
of the sea falls still around it."
- Marcus Aurelius

"The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the

closer he is to strength."
- Marcus Aurelius

"Get busy with life s purpose toss aside empty

hopes, get active in your own rescue..."
- Marcus Aurelius