The best journals aren’t for the reader. They are for the writer. To slow the mind down. To wage peace with oneself. - Ryan Holiday

If we can focus on making clear what parts of our day are within our control and what parts are not, we will not only be happier, we will have a distinct advantage over other people who fail to realize they are fighting an unwinnable battle.

What matters to an active man is to do the right thing; whether the right thing comes to pass should not bother him. — GOETHE

Knowledge — self-knowledge in particular — is freedom.