Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Endure and renounce.

-- Epictetus

Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong people.

-- Seneca

Bodily pain does not last without limit; intense pain is brief in duration.

-- Epicurus

If you carve without ceasing, even metal and stone can be engraved.

-- Xunzi

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

-- Benjamin Franklin