Stoic and practical philosophy of the Roman world.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
— Epictetus
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter..."
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
— Marcus Aurelius
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu..."
No man is free who is not master of himself.
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate br..."
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about r..."
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will f..."
