1. 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]
2. Wipe out your sacred principles: frivolity, fighting, cowardice, laziness, and flattery. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.9]
3. The perjurers take vengeance on those who break their word. Lawyers who bring false charges are outraged if an action is brought against them. Those who are careless about their own morality cannot endure seeing the same in others. [Seneca, A1.28]
4. This is a God-given law: If you want something good, get it for yourself. [Epictetus, D1.29]
5. To perform each action, making sure that it fulfills the practical demands of the situation. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.9]
6. We have other people’s vices before our eyes, and our own behind our backs. [Seneca, A1.28]
7. When you cannot change a person’s mind, recognize that he is a child. Clap hands with him. If you cannot bring yourself to do that, just be silent. [Epictetus, D1.29]
8. Maintain a quiet self-confidence of someone who has mastered the details. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.9]
9. Most of us are not angry with sins but only with the sinner. We will be more moderate if we question ourselves; “Have we committed any crime like this one? Did we ever fall into this type of error? Is it in our interest to condemn this conduct? [Seneca, A1.28]
10. When you face demanding situations, you will know it is time to show what you have learned. [Epictetus, D1.29]
11. When are you going to attain happiness based on integrity and dignity? [Marcus Aurelius, M10.9]
12. The ultimate cure for anger is delay. Ask anger not to pardon but to deliberate first so it may form a proper judgment about it. If it delays, it will come to an end. [Seneca, A1.29]
13. If you cannot demonstrate in practice what you learned, why learn it in the first place? [Epictetus, D1.29]
14. Spiders are proud of catching flies. Men are proud of catching hares, fish, wild boars, bears, or Sarmatians. Examine their principles. Are they not robbers? [Marcus Aurelius, M10.10]
15. Some things that make us angry, we learn from others. Other things we see or hear for ourselves. We shouldn’t be quick to believe what others tell us. [Seneca, A1.29]
16. You are not even aware of the assets you already have that will make it possible to cope with any situation you face. [Epictetus, D1.29]
17. Acquire the ability to see how one thing changes into another. Constantly observe it. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.11]
18. Some people lie to deceive us, and others say things because they themselves are deceived. [Seneca, A1.29]
19. We need people who apply what they have learned and bear witness to it in their actions. [Epictetus D1.29]
20. What people think or say or do against you is no longer your concern. Only two questions concern you now: Is what you are doing the right thing to do? Do you gladly accept whatever is given to you? [Marcus Aurelius, M10.11]
21. Do you condemn your friend offhand? Are you angry with him before you hear his story? Before you have questioned him? Before he knows who said what about him? [Seneca, A1.29]
22. No one is master over another but death and life, pleasure and pain. [Epictetus, D1.29]
23. All your cares and distractions are gone. You only want to walk the straight path of (the divine) law. By doing so, you become the follower of God. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.11]
24. What can be more unjust than to believe a story told in secret, and to be angry about it publicly? [Seneca, A1.29]
25. Why do we make such elaborate preparations to face what amounts to nothing? [Epictetus D1.30]
26. Why be suspicious and fearful? You can see clearly what you need to do. If you see the road clearly, follow it. Don’t turn back. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.12]
27. Maybe it is a good person who has wronged you. Don’t believe it. Maybe it is a bad person. Don’t be surprised. [Seneca, A1.30]
28. In things that lie outside the area of your choice, be confident; in things that lie within it, be cautious. [Epictetus, D2.1]
29. If you face hurdles, keep advancing to the best of your ability. Stick to what seems just and right. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.12]
30. We will be able to keep ourselves from becoming angry straightway if we silently say to ourselves when each offense is committed: “I have done this very thing myself ”. [Seneca, A1.28]
31. We should be cautious about evil things and we should approach things that are not evil with confidence. But we are confused and do the opposite. [Epictetus, D2.1]

D: Discourses. M: Meditations. A: On Anger

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