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“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
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🧭 Guidance by Seneca:
“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”
“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🧭 Guidance by Seneca:
“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”
“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it is by getting irritated.”
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
🧭 Guidance by Seneca:
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🧭 Guidance by Seneca:
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
“We live in the midst of things destined to die.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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December 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“We live in the midst of things destined to die.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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🗣️ In the words of Epictetus:
“Only the educated are free.”
“Only the educated are free.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🗣️ In the words of Epictetus:
“Only the educated are free.”
“Only the educated are free.”
“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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🧭 Guidance by Marcus Aurelius:
“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’”
“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’”
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧭 Guidance by Marcus Aurelius:
“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’”
“Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’”
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Seneca:
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Seneca:
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🗣️ In the words of Marcus Aurelius:
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🗣️ In the words of Marcus Aurelius:
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”
“And life itself: like the decoction of blood, the drawing in of air. We expel the power of breathing we drew in at birth (just yesterday or the day before), breathing it out like the air we exhale at each moment.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“And life itself: like the decoction of blood, the drawing in of air. We expel the power of breathing we drew in at birth (just yesterday or the day before), breathing it out like the air we exhale at each moment.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
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🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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🔥 Enduring wisdom from Montaigne:
“And the ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in solitary caves; and the birds sing more sweetly without art.”
“And the ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in solitary caves; and the birds sing more sweetly without art.”
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🔥 Enduring wisdom from Montaigne:
“And the ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in solitary caves; and the birds sing more sweetly without art.”
“And the ivy grows best spontaneously, the arbutus best in solitary caves; and the birds sing more sweetly without art.”
🗣️ In the words of Seneca:
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🗣️ In the words of Seneca:
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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“Only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🌀 Perspective from Marcus Tullius Cicero:
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌀 Perspective from Marcus Tullius Cicero:
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”