In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one. – Epictetus #Philosophy
I shall never be ashamed to go to a bad author for a good quotation. – Seneca #Motivation
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deeds of another. – Seneca #Stoicism
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. – Seneca #Wisdom
And that might be applied to him which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. – Marcus Aurelius #Philosophy
No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity. – Seneca #Stoicism
Nūllum magnum ingenium sine mixtūrā dēmentiae fuit No great talent without an element of madness. – Seneca #Stoicism
Thou wilt cease to be held by pains and pleasures, and to be a slave to the vessel, which is as much inferior as that which serves it is superior: for the one is intelligence and deity; the other is earth and corruption. – Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism
We deceive ourselves in thinking that death only follows life whereas it both goes before and will follow after it for where is the difference in not beginning or ceasing to exist the effect of both is not to be. – Seneca #Wisdom
To the world: Your harmony is mine. Whatever time you choose is the right time. Not late, not early. – Marcus Aurelius #Inspiration
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil. – Marcus Aurelius #Philosophy
What are we to do, then? To make the best of what lies within our power, and deal with everything else as it comes. ‘How does it come, then?’ As God wills. – Epictetus #Inspiration
What Chance has made yours is not really yours. – Seneca #Wisdom
The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time. – Marcus Aurelius #Inspiration
In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your conversations, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't wander. In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive. In your life, don't be all about business. – Marcus Aurelius #Inspiration
It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and — what will perhaps make you wonder more — it takes the whole of life to learn how to die. – Seneca #Motivation
We must make haste, then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first. – Marcus Aurelius #Wisdom
Nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation. – Seneca #Stoicism
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. – Epictetus #Motivation
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. – Marcus Aurelius #Inspiration
Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us. Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen. – Seneca #Inspiration
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. – Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism