We must be willing to roll the dice and lose. Prepare, at the end of the day, for none of it to work.

"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." — Carl Jung

The path of least resistance is a terrible teacher.

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow." — Chinese Proverb

It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit.

"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself." — Hermann Hesse

If you want momentum, you’ll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started.

"Awareness, not age, leads to wisdom." — Publius Syrus

No thank you, I can’t afford to panic.

"Just like a low resting heart rate is the byproduct of intense exercise, low anxiety is the byproduct of intense self-examination." — Naval Ravikant

“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl

"A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others." — Confucius

Where the head goes, the body follow. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." — Sigmund Freud

Do what you enjoy and be a good person. It’s not that hard, most people won’t notice and that means you’re doing it right.

"Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach." — Marcus Aurelius

3 Stoic lessons from Epictetus: 1. Only focus on what’s in your control 2. Make beautiful choices 3. Love your fate (Amor Fati)

"Nothing taught by force stays in the soul." — Plato

Lighten up. Relax. Whatever it is, you’re probably taking it too seriously.

“The things you run from are inside you.” — Seneca