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Be the headland. Let the waves break.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49
Stand firm and calm the water around you.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49
Bad luck? Bearing it well is good luck.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49
Drop the story. Round the point. Find the flat bay.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.22
Caught in the storm? You still steer your own mind.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.14
The whole sea is one drop in the universe.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.36
Time is a river with a hard current.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.43
Everything changes, wave after wave. Hold it lightly.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.28
Never be surprised by a headwind.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.15
This shore is like any other. Bring your calm with you.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.23
No beach house needed. Retreat into yourself.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.3
Zoom out: storms, calms, a million voyages. Same sea.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.30
You sailed. You made the crossing. Step ashore.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.3
Curse a clear spring and it still runs clean.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.51
Be a fountain, not a well.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.51
Dig inward. The good keeps rising.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.59
A strong fire eats whatever you throw on it.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.1
Be the blaze. Turn everything into light.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.31
What blocks the road helps you along it.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.20
Every setback is raw material.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.35
Oh good. This is exactly what I needed to practice on.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.68
Knocked off rhythm? Get back in tune fast.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.11
Fell short? Come back. Start again.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.9
If a human can do it, so can you.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.19
Train the hand you think is useless.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.6
Up. You were built for the work, not the blankets.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.1
Any animal can sleep in. Get up and act.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.12
Do this like it's the last thing you'll ever do.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.5
Treat today as the last one: steady, awake, and real.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.69
You don't have ten thousand years. Be good while you can.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.17
The present is all anyone can lose.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.14
Keep to the present.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.29
Leave the wrong where it happened.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.29
Don't fear the end. Fear never really starting.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.1
Your time has an edge. Clear the clouds now.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.4
Stop drifting. Come to your own rescue while you can.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.14
You'd rather be good tomorrow. Be good today.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.22
Less talk about being good. More being good.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.16
Not right? Don't do it. Not true? Don't say it.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.17
Live so that anyone who calls you bad is a liar.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.32