"Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?”

“To expect an impossibility is madness.”

“Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be.”

“And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my picture for the crimes of another guy.”

“Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking.”

“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.”

“Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral systems are therefore particular, serving a specific purpose for their propagators or creators, and enforcing a certain regime that disciplines human beings for social life by narrowing our perspectives and limiting our horizons.”

“Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.”

“We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.”