Epictetus on Willpower and Self-Discipline #Stoicism #Shorts

"I observed, too, that no man could ever think that he was despised by Maximus, or ever venture to think himself a better man." — Marcus Aurelius, Book I #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
“If our minds were originally formed by nature in a sound and useful manner, then they pass on all the forces of fate, which imposes on us from outside in a relatively unobjectionable and more acceptable way.”
- Chrysippus
The task before you is small. Do it well. Then the next small task. A life is built this way, and only this way.
Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition. - Marcus Aurelius
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"I do see; but that he is in danger, I do not see." — Marcus Aurelius, Book VIII #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
A life lived inside your own values, even quietly, is a more powerful example than a life lived loudly inside someone else's.
The man who tries to find out what has been said against him, who seeks to unearth spiteful gossip, even when engaged in privately, is destroying his own peace of mind. - Seneca
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"As to the animals which have no reason, and generally all things and objects, do thou, since thou hast reason and they have none, make use of them with a generous and liberal spirit." — Marcus Aurelius, Book VI #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
Follow your path, don't let anyone change your mind about it and be respectful.
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Receive without pride; let go without attachment.
- Marcus Aurelius
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius
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Epictetus on why death isn’t terrible
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"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, and do so with all your heart."
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There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him. - Seneca
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“Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.”