1. The nature of god is in knowledge and right reason. Only here should you look for the true nature of good. [Epictetus, D2.9]
2. Many things stand in their way, but intelligence and reason can make their way through any obstacle. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.31]
3. “I did not think.” I believe it is the most shameful excuse that anyone can make. [Seneca, A1.31]
4. You carry god around you and you don’t know it, poor fool! I am not talking about some external god made of silver or gold. The god you carry around with you is a living one and yet you are so blind to the fact. [Epictetus, D2.9]
5. We can even say that [human beings] become better and more praiseworthy by using adversity in the right way. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.33]
6. When you are forming a judgment about someone’s morals, think about the character of human beings in general. [Seneca, A1.31]
7. “Do you mean to say that you are immune from illness, death, age, and disease?” “No, but I would die and bear disease godlike. [Epictetus, D2.9]
8. When you have internalized true principles, even the briefest reminder is enough. It will remind you to be free from grief and fear. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.34]
9. When everything seems peaceful to you, be sure that trouble hasn’t gone away. It’s just lying low. [Seneca, A1.31]
10. Then take care not to act like sheep and thus destroy your humanity. [Epictetus, D2.9]
11. A healthy pair of eyes should see everything in sight and not wish for just a green colour. It is a symptom of a diseased eye. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.34]
12. The power to harm is detestable and unnatural to a human being [Seneca, A1.31]
13. We shouldn’t be content just to learn, but add practice, followed by training. [Epictetus, D2.9]
14. To obstruct each other is unnatural. What is anger or hatred if not obstruction? [Marcus Aurelius, M2.1]
15. Other things can be hidden away and secretly cherished. But anger announces itself openly and “in your face”. The more intense it is, the more plainly it boils forth. [Seneca, A1.1]
16. Unless we apply the correct opinions, we will just be interpreting other people’s judgments. [Epictetus, D2.9]
17. A healthy mind should be prepared to face whatever happens. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.35]
18. It is a crime to injure one’s country. Therefore, it is also wrong to hurt one’s countrymen, for everyone is a part of our country. If the whole is sacred, so must be the parts. [Seneca, A1.31]
19. Someone laughs at us. We are immediately upset! Tell me, philosopher, what happened to the things you were just talking about? [Epictetus, D2.9]
20. A mind that says, “Let my children live”, or, “Let everyone praise everything I do”, is an eye that wants to see only green or teeth that only want to eat mush. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.35]
21. If we can, we should not hurt another human being. [Seneca, A1.31]
22. We do not follow our principles but are proud we know them. [Epictetus, D2.9]
23. No man is so fortunate that there won’t be someone by his deathbed who will be pleased with his passing. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.36]
24. It is not honourable to return pain with pain. [Seneca, A1.32]
25. Don’t try to be a philosopher when you can barely be a human being. [Epictetus D2.8]
26. Let your departure be an easy one. Let your soul easily glide away from the body. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.36]
27. People use words like revenge and retaliation. They even think they are righteous. Yet they are not much different from wrongdoers. [Seneca, A1.32]
28. Modest acts preserve the modest man, whereas immodest acts destroy him; and faithful acts preserve the faithful man while acts of the opposite character destroy him. [Epictetus, D2.9]
29. Once nature tied you to others and made you one of them. Now she’s untying you. It’s one of nature’s ways. [Marcus Aurelius, M10.31]
30. Many have taken slight injuries much more seriously to heart than they need by avenging them. [Seneca, A1.32) D:

Discourses. M: Meditations. A: On Anger

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