Marcus Aurelius — "The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"The universal cause is a torrent. And how trivial are all things which are done in a state which is subject to change, and in what a sphere of things which are perishing!"

"The soul of man is a portion of the divine breath, and therefore it is immortal. And if it is immortal, it is not afraid of death."

"All things are interwoven, and the bond is holy; and there is hardly anything foreign to another; for they have been arranged together, and they constitute the same order."

"Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and the rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part of the world; and not even here do all agree, no, not any one with himself:…"

"If you are able, correct by teaching; if not, by tolerating."