Seneca, On the Firmness of the Wise, 5.4: "But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound

Epictetus, Discourses, 3.23.30: "Men, the philosopher's lecture-hall is a hospital--you shouldn't walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren't well when you enter it." I work in

Musonius Rufus, Lectures, 9.37.30-31, 9.39.1: "Indeed, how could exile be an obstacle to a person's own cultivation, or to attaining virtue when no one has ever been cut off from learning or practicing

Epictetus, Discourses, 2.9.13-14: “That’s why the philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training. For as time passes we forget what we learned and end

Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, 6.2: "Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are freezing or hot, groggy or well rested, vilified or praised, not even if dying or passed by other

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.48: "How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, its best to take a bird's eye view and see everything all at once--of gatherings, armies,

Epictetus, Discourses, 3.23.1-2a: "First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do. For in nearly every pursuit we see this to be the case. Those in athletic pursuit

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 10.9 “Drama, combat, terror, numbness, and subservience-everyday these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your ind entertains them uncritically or lets them

Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 6.2: "Above all, it is necessary for a person to have a true self estimate, for we commonly think we can do more than we really can." We avoid thinking about estimate

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2.2: " Frame your thoughts like this -- you are an old person, you won't let yourself be enslaved by this any longer, no longer pulled like a puppet by every impulse,

Epictetus, Discourses, 2.1.21-23a: "What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated-tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom. We should not trust

Seneca, Moral Letters, 101.7b-8a: "The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time." Live each day as if it were your last is a cliche used often. According

Epictetus, Enchiridion, 8: "Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will-then your life will flow well." Another famous

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.15: "Does the light of a lamp shine and keep its glow until its fuel is spent? Why shouldn't your truth, justice, and self control shine until you are extinguished?"

Seneca, Moral Letters, 98.2b: The rational soul is stronger than any kind of fortune-from its own share it guides its affairs here or there, and is itself the cause of a happy or miserable life."

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.50: "That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.15: "Whatever anyone does or says, for my part I'm bound to the good. IN the same way emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: 'whatever anyone does or says,

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.41: "Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind for they can't be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything." Murphy's Law states "if

Musonius Rufus, Lectures, 16.75:15-16: For philosophy doesn't consist in outward display, but in taking heed to what is need and being mindful of it." Uniforms are prevalent in our culture, police