It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.
Marcus AureliusI was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.
Marcus AureliusWhen you have been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in any manner, quickly return to yourself, and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts. You will have increasing control over your own harmony by continually returning to it.
Marcus AureliusAt day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."
Marcus Aurelius