Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.

Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.

This being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part which governs.

Nothing happens to any thing which that thing is not made by nature to bear.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present 'i am rising to a man's work.'