ALT Portrait art card titled Stoic Thoughts. A traditional wooden outrigger canoe rests on pale sand beside a glassy turquoise Hawaiian lagoon at early morning, with a misty green mountain headland on the right and open pale sky on the upper left. The quote reads: So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make them more community-minded, or modest. Attribution: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.52.

ALT Portrait art card titled Stoic Thoughts. An empty upcountry Hawaiian road winds through green pasture toward a misty volcanic mountain at early morning, with a row of tall ironwood trees on the right and open pale sky on the upper left. The quote reads: People don’t want to praise their contemporaries whose lives they actually share, but hold great expectations for the praise of future generations. Attribution: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.18.

ALT Portrait art card titled Stoic Thoughts. A calm Hawaiian coastline at dawn, with open pale blue sky fading to soft pink at the horizon, still water, a misty green headland on the right, and a dark lava rock shore in the foreground with a small stacked-stone cairn. The quote reads: There is no good for a human being except what creates justice, self-control, courage and freedom. Attribution: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.1.

ALT Portrait art card titled Stoic Thoughts. A calm Hawaiian coastline at dawn, with open pale blue sky on the left, glassy teal water below, a faint misty islet on the horizon, and a small white lighthouse with a red-roofed house on a green sea cliff on the right. The quote reads: If you are good, straightforward, and well meaning it should show in your eyes and not escape notice. Attribution: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.15.