Marcus Aurelius

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

“Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”

“Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”

“Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.”

“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life.”

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil.”

“It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it, not shattered by the present or frightened of the future.”

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”