The stoics are pretty clear that we control very little on our lives, but we do control the one thing that will make the biggest impact on our lives -...
"When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can he...
"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own." – Marcus Aurelius Are you...
“You may leave this life at any moment: have this possibility in your mind in all that you do or say or think.” — Marcus Aurelius Do you think about...
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” —Marcus Aurelius For peo...
“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to...
“It is our own opinions that disturb us. Take away these opinions and resolve to dismiss your judgment about an act as if it were something grievous,...
“Some things are within our power, while others are not. Within our power are opinion, motivation, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever is of ou...
“If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius One of the hazards of being alive is the fact that we’re nev...
One of the weirdest things about being a human is how we get comfortable with our habits, and resist change, while at the same time we get bored when...
