Epictetus

“You are a citizen of the universe — a fragment of God.”

“Will you not therefore conduct yourself as becomes a citizen of the world?”

“Practice attention. Practice silence. Practice patience. Practice gratitude. Practice these, and the world cannot disturb you.”

“He is great who chooses, even in suffering, to remain himself.”

“What disturbs you is your story about the thing.”

“Drop the story; the thing alone you can bear.”

“What is good is the moral choice; what is bad is the moral failure.”

“All else is indifferent.”

“Tossing your gold to the sea is no different from tossing it to a tyrant — both are out of your control.”

“Therefore use what is yours; let others worry about what is theirs.”

“Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of difficulty and regardless of ridicule from the world.”