Quotes.
Act as if life is a dinner party
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for."
Fulfil your duties
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for."
Don't put things off
Remember how long you have been putting this off, how many times you have been given a period of grace by the gods and not used it
Everything that happens is endurable
Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it’s unendurable—then stop complaining.
Learning is a good thing
Learning is a good thing, even for one who is growing old. From Sextus the philosopher I shall learn what I do not yet know.
Retreat into your own mind
No retreat offers someone more quiet and relaxation than that into his own mind, especially if he can dip into thoughts there which put him at immediate and complete ease: and by ease I simply mean a well-ordered life.
Train your thoughts
You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: Everything random, everything irrelevant. And certainly, everything self-important or malicious.
Train your thoughts
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.
