The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."

"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."

"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"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."