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Quote of the day 06-29-23

Here’s one from Alan Watts. “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”

Quote of the day 06/28

From Abraham Lincoln: You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now.

Stoic thought of the day 06/23/23

Here’s another one from Epictetus. “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23

Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. Say to yourself first thing in the morning: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, aggressive, treacherous, malicious, unsocial. All this has afflicted them through their ignorance of true good and evil. But I have that the nature of good is what is right, and the nature ofContinue reading “Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23”

Stoic thought of the day 06/21/23

Here’s one from Epictetus. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” Good luck out there today everybody.

On fame

I’ve been reading some Stoic philosophy lately, and I came across a quote from Marcus Aurelius that I found quite interesting. “He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will himself also die very soon; then again also they who have succeeded them,Continue reading “On fame”