From Marcus Aurelius: “The mind freed from passions is an impenetrable fortress—a person has no more secure place of refuge for all time.”
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Quote of the day 11/09/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
Quote of the day 09/19/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Quote of the day 09/16/23
From Epictetus: “The soul is like the bowl of water, with the soul’s impressions like the rays of light that strike the water. Now, if the water is disturbed, the light appears to be disturbed together with it — though of course it is not. So when someone loses consciousness, it is not the person’sContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/16/23”
Quote of the day 09/14/23
From Epictetus: “In literature, too, it is not great achievement to memorize what you have read while not formulating an opinion of your own.”
Quote of the day 09/13/23
From Epictetus: “Who, then, is the invincible human being? One who can be disconcerted by nothing that lies outside the sphere of choice.”
Quote of the day 09/12/23
From Epictetus: “When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.”
Quote of the day 09/11/23
From Epictetus: “Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.”
Quote of the day 09/03/23
From Epictetus: “You see, then, that it is necessary for you to become a student, thatcreature which every one laughs at, if you really desire to make anexamination of your judgements. But this, as you are quite aware,is not the work of a single hour or day.”
Quote of the day 09/02/23
From Epictetus: “Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?”
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