Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity. - Ryan Holiday

What we desire makes us vulnerable.

All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.

Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” — MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.56–57