Even oaks need forests.
Calm isn’t the absence of chaos, but mastery over it.
Epictetus Enchiridion 1: Some things are within our power, while others are not.
Knowledge without action is a ship without oars.
It’s not the blow that hurts, but your resistance to falling.
Adversity is the Stoic’s gym.
Control your breath, and the world stops shaking you.
Marcus Aurelius Meditations 2.11: You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say.