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Here’s another from Marcus Aurelius: “Confine yourself to the present.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “How good it is when you have roast meat or suchlike foods before you, to impress on your mind that this is the dead body of a fish, this is the dead body of a bird or pig; and again, that the Falernian wine is the mere juice of grapes, and yourContinue reading “Stoic quote of the day 07/21/23”

From Marcus Aurelius: “In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?”

Today, I will remember that things don’t happen to me. They just happen. I should not be offended when faced with difficult things.

From Marcus Aurelius: “Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”

From Seneca: “People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”

Here’s one from Epictetus. “If you want something good, get it yourself.”

My message to myself today: Figure out what must be done and do it. Anything else is childish.