From Epictetus: “What should we do then? Make the best use of what is in our power, and treat the rest in accordance with its nature.”
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Quote of the day 09/20/26
From Søren Kierkegaard: “The world is not to be looked at, but to be lived in.”
Quote of the day 09/19/26
From Blaise Pascal: “Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.”
Quote of the day 09/18/26
From Blaise Pascal: “What is a man in nature? A nothing in comparison with infinity, an all in comparison with nothing.”
Quote of the day 09/16/26
From Epictetus: “It is impossible that happiness and yearning for what is not present should ever be united.”
Quote of the day 09/15/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity.”
Quote of the day 09/14/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “Short is the little which remains to thee in life. Live as on a mountain.”
Quote of the day 09/13/26
From Epictetus: “What should we do then? Make the best use of what is in our power, and treat the rest in accordance with its nature.”
Quote of the day 09/12/26
From Seneca: “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
Quote of the day 09/11/26
From Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”