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Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. “How trivial the things we want so passionately are.”

I sometimes fall into the trap of half-heartedly pursuing many interests at once, producing suboptimal results. Here’s a relevant passage from Epictetus’s Enchiridion. “In every affair consider what precedes and follows, and then undertake it. Otherwise you will begin with spirit; but not having thought of the consequences, when some of them appear you will shamefully desist. “IContinue reading “Stoic Quote of the Day 07/08/2023”

Here’s one from Seneca: “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

From Epictetus: “The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”

Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. “How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”