Quotes I've found interesting

You stand as you always have.  A good man does what he must.

Kore,   Spartacus, s04e10

Life without design is erratic.

Seneca  

You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.

Marcus Aurelius  

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.

Brandon Sanderson,   Mistborn

Don't just say that you have read books.  Show that through them you have learned to think better.

Epictetus  

Is this not the time when a man must take time to appreciate what he has?

Brandon Sanderson,   Towers of Midnight

No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.

Marcus Aurelius  

When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic Email, 4/16/2021

Let us strive to be worthy of appreciation but indifferent to whether we get it.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic Email

When change comes, you can scream and try to force things to stay the same. But you usually end up getting trampled. However, if you can direct the changes, they can serve you.

Brandon Sanderson,   Towers of Midnight