If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. - Epictetus
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@mdjapp.bsky.socialIf you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. - Epictetus
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@tazw7777.bsky.socialMarcus Aurelius also hated getting out of bed. Meditations 5.1 — written by a man running an empire who still had to talk himself into standing up. Read it out loud tomorrow morning if you like, and tell me how it lands. #stoicism #marcusaurelius #meditationsbook #dailystoic #philosophy
@vsnx.bsky.social"Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another, for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life." — Marcus Aurelius, Book VII #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
@simplyedc.bsky.social"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
- Seneca
@mdjapp.bsky.socialFreedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it. - Epictetus
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@vsnx.bsky.social"Acquire the contemplative way of seeing how all things change into one another, and constantly attend to it, and exercise thyself about this part [of philosophy]." — Marcus Aurelius, Book X #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
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@mdjapp.bsky.socialRestless people often pretend to be calm. - Seneca
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@simplyedc.bsky.social“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
– Epictetus
@vsnx.bsky.social"Remember too on every occasion which leads thee to vexation to apply this principle; not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune." — Marcus Aurelius, Book IV #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
@mdjapp.bsky.socialA good man will not waste himself upon mean and discreditable work or be busy merely for the sake of being busy. - Seneca
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@vsnx.bsky.social"It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible." — Marcus Aurelius, Book VII #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
@mdjapp.bsky.socialDisasters, therefore, and losses, and wrongs, have only the same power over virtue that a cloud has over the sun. - Seneca
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@simplyedc.bsky.social"Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you."
- Carl Jung
@mdjapp.bsky.socialDon’t imagine that something is good for you if, in pursuing it, you must break a promise, harm anyone else, lose self-respect, act hypocritically, or hide in shame. - Marcus Aurelius
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@vsnx.bsky.social"Observe what thy nature requires, so far as thou art governed by nature only: then do it and accept it, if thy nature, so far as thou art a living being, shall not be made worse by it." — Marcus Aurelius, Book X #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
@mdjapp.bsky.socialI have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. - Marcus Aurelius
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@vsnx.bsky.social"But if thou dost not think such things to be good or evil, thou wilt more readily be well disposed to him who is in error." — Marcus Aurelius, Book VII #Stoicism #DailyStoic #MarcusAurelius #Meditations
@simplyedc.bsky.social“Who is your master? Anyone who has control over things upon which you’ve set your heart, or over things which you seek to avoid.”
– Epictetus
@mdjapp.bsky.socialAdapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you. - Marcus Aurelius
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