1 - If one wants to be a philosopher, one should first become aware of one’s governing principle. (Epictetus, D1.26) 

2 - Don’t imitate the opinions of the arrogant and don’t let them dictate. Look at things as they really are. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.11) 

3 - You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

4 - An educated person should judge impressions correctly in all cases. (Epictetus 1.27) 

5 - You need two kinds of readiness: To do only what reason tells you is for the common good; and to reconsider your position, when someone corrects you and shows that your judgment is incorrect. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.12) 

6 - It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

7 - If we find it difficult to judge impressions, we need to use the right kind of resources to find a solution. (Epictetus, D1.27) 

8 - If reason does what it is supposed to do, what more do you want? (Marcus Aurelius, M4.13) 

9 - They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

10 - If we are troubled by our habits, let’s find a remedy for that. What aid can we find against habit? The contrary habit. (Epictetus, D1.27) 

11 - You are a part of the whole. You will become a part of what created you. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.14) 

12 - Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca, Natural Questions. ) 

13 - I cannot escape death. Can’t I escape the fear of it? Or do I have to die moaning and groaning too? (Epictetus, D1.27) 

14 - Many lumps of incense fall from the same altar. Some sooner, some later. It makes no difference. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.15) 

15 - A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. (Seneca, Moral Letters, Volume 3.) 

16 - I cannot escape death. Can’t I escape the fear of it? Or do I have to die moaning and groaning too? (Epictetus, D1.27) 

17 - Those who see you now as a monkey or an animal will be calling you a god within a week. All you have to do is rediscover your principles and reverence for reason. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.16) 

18 - Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

19 - Surely, if piety is incompatible with self-interest, no one will be pious. Aren’t you convinced? (Epictetus, D1.27) 

20 - Death is at your elbow. Be good while you are still alive and able. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.17) 

21 - Life is long, if you know how to use it. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

22 - Why do we accept something to be true? Because it appears so to us. If something appears us to be false, it would be impossible for us to accept it. (Epictetus, D1.28) 

23 - If you do not worry about what others think, say, or do, but only about whether your actions are just and godly, you will gain time and tranquillity. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.18) 

24 - The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking at? To what goal are you straining? The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

25 - We take pity on the blind and lame. Why don’t we pity those who are blind and lame in their ruling faculty? (Epictetus, D1.28) 

26 - Don’t look for faults in others. Run straight towards your goal without looking left or right. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.18) 

27 - But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

28 - Remember that our actions are the result of our impressions, which can be right or wrong. If right, you are innocent and if you are wrong, you pay the penalty. (Epictetus, D1.28) 

29 - People want to be famous after their death. They forget that those who remember them will die soon too. (Marcus Aurelius, M4.19) 

30 - You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life) 

31 - No one falls because of the actions of others. (Epictetus, D1.28) 

 

D = Discourses; M = Meditations 

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