Rusticus once corrected me in front of others. The sting lasted an hour. The lesson has lasted decades. Welcome the friend who tells the truth.

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This is why the emperor who owned everything still wrote, in private, to remind himself to look inward. Possessing the whole world changes nothing about where the actual good is kept.
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What runs out is the attention paid to them. Most people simply stop digging, convinced the well is dry, when they only ever scratched the surface.

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If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled. - Epictetus

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The Shipwreck That Created Stoicism #Stoicism #Shorts

“When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval.”

- Marcus Aurelius

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"We should be upright, not be kept upright." - Marcus Aurelius
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We say history repeats itself, and I think there’s a lot of truth in that. It may not repeat in exactly the same way, but if you read enough history, you start recognizing the patterns.

Different century, different circumstances, but human nature hasn’t changed all that much.

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“For courage increases when it meets with a challenge.” — Seneca

It’s hard to know what we can handle until life puts us to the test.

Challenges show us that we’re stronger than we realized.

Courage grows when we stop waiting to feel fearless and move forward anyway.

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Be the kind of person whose presence lowers the temperature of a room. The world has enough kindling and too few calm hands.

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For the wise man regards wealth as a slave, the fool as a master. - Seneca

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Epictetus on Finding Peace in the Cosmos #Stoicism #Shorts

Grief is the price of having loved. Pay it without resentment. The bill is proof you lived among people who mattered.

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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. - Epictetus

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“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

- Socrates

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“If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquility.” — Marcus Aurelius
I've been asking myself: If I weren't already doing this, would I choose to start today?
Some habits build my life. Others simply occupy it.
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