Meditations by Marcus Aurelius translated by George W. Chrystal (~180) Book 11 Part 5 (19-39)
Bonus:
This is dedication right here.
Summary: Listen to smart people from the past.
Commentary:
21. He whose aim in life is not always one and the same cannot himself be one and the same through his whole life. But singleness of aim is not sufficient, unless you consider also what that aim ought to be. For, as there is not agreement of opinion regarding all those things which are reckoned good by the majority, but only as regards some of them such as are of public utility; so your aim should be social and political. For he alone who directs all his personal aims to such an end can reach a uniform course of conduct, and thus be ever the same man.
I don't think it's what he meant, but this definitely sounds like, "commit yourself to being (vaguely) good, and don't change it, ever."
Most of the rest is MA acknowledging smart philosophers from the past. I think T5FSOB selections strike a good balance between listening to smart people in the past, and still acknowledging current advances.
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