From Seneca: “A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
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Quote of the day 12/09/25
From William James: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
Quote of the day 12/01/25
From Boethius: “Nothing is miserable unless you think it so”
Quote of the day 11/24/25
From Seneca: “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”
Quote of the day 11/22/25
From Marcus Aurelius: “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.Or how ripe figs begin to burst.AndContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/22/25”
Quote of the day 11/19/25
From Marcus Aurelius: “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
Quote of the day 11/18/2025
From Marcus Aurelius: “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
Quote of the day 11/13/25
From Epictetus: “Do not explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
Quote of the day 11/11/25
From Mahatma Gandhi: “It is better to perform one’s own duty, however imperfectly, than to perform another’s duty perfectly.”
Quote of the day 11/08/25
From Viktor Frankl: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
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