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THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
"For to be wise is only one thing-to fix our attention on our intel-ligence, which guides all things everywhere."
—HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9..3
"For to be wise is only one thing-to fix our attention on our intel-ligence, which guides all things everywhere."
—HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9..3
February 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
"For to be wise is only one thing-to fix our attention on our intel-ligence, which guides all things everywhere."
—HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9..3
"For to be wise is only one thing-to fix our attention on our intel-ligence, which guides all things everywhere."
—HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9..3
THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
February 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
THE SOURCE OF YOUR ANXIETY
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
"When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want?
For if a person wasn't wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?"
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.13.1
PHILOSOPHY AS MEDICINE OF THE SOUL
"Don't return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment.
"Don't return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment.
January 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
PHILOSOPHY AS MEDICINE OF THE SOUL
"Don't return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment.
"Don't return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
"If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters-don't wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself."
— EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a
"If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters-don't wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself."
— EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a
January 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
"If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters-don't wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself."
— EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a
"If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters-don't wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself."
— EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a
Success is getting up one more time.
January 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Success is getting up one more time.
THE DAY IN REVIEW
"I will keep constant watch over myself and —most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil-that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do.
"I will keep constant watch over myself and —most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil-that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do.
January 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
THE DAY IN REVIEW
"I will keep constant watch over myself and —most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil-that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do.
"I will keep constant watch over myself and —most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil-that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do.
A MORNING RITUAL
"Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:
• What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?
• What for tranquility?
• What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.
• What, then? A rational being.
"Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:
• What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?
• What for tranquility?
• What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.
• What, then? A rational being.
January 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A MORNING RITUAL
"Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:
• What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?
• What for tranquility?
• What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.
• What, then? A rational being.
"Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:
• What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?
• What for tranquility?
• What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.
• What, then? A rational being.
REIGNITE YOUR THOUGHTS
“Your principles can't be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it's continually in your power to reignite new ones. ... It's possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did —that is how to restart life!"
“Your principles can't be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it's continually in your power to reignite new ones. ... It's possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did —that is how to restart life!"
January 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
REIGNITE YOUR THOUGHTS
“Your principles can't be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it's continually in your power to reignite new ones. ... It's possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did —that is how to restart life!"
“Your principles can't be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it's continually in your power to reignite new ones. ... It's possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did —that is how to restart life!"
WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOUR CHOICE IS
"A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish."
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.2:5
"A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish."
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.2:5
January 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOUR CHOICE IS
"A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish."
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.2:5
"A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish."
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.2:5
SEE THE WORLD LIKE A POET AND AN ARTIST
"Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth."
"Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth."
January 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
SEE THE WORLD LIKE A POET AND AN ARTIST
"Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth."
"Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth."
We are the people our parents warned us about!
January 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We are the people our parents warned us about!
You will never "have it all together." That's like trying to eat once and for all!
January 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You will never "have it all together." That's like trying to eat once and for all!
You can be happy or you can be justified. You can't be both.
January 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You can be happy or you can be justified. You can't be both.
CLARIFY YOUR INTENTIONS
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
CLARIFY YOUR INTENTIONS
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5
THE BIG THREE
"All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6
"All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6
January 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
THE BIG THREE
"All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6
"All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6
ON BEING REMEMBERED
"Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the re-membered."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.35
"Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the re-membered."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.35
December 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
ON BEING REMEMBERED
"Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the re-membered."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.35
"Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the re-membered."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.35
MEANINGLESS ... LIKE A FINE WINE
"You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter."
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16
"You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter."
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16
December 24, 2024 at 4:13 PM
MEANINGLESS ... LIKE A FINE WINE
"You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter."
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16
"You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter."
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16
Hope is what keeps all suffering in place.
December 22, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Hope is what keeps all suffering in place.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOUR YEARS?
"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 3.8b
"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 3.8b
December 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOUR YEARS?
"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 3.8b
"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time."
—SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 3.8b
There is no growth without discontent.
December 20, 2024 at 1:03 PM
There is no growth without discontent.
HUMAN SCALE
"Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief-almost momentary— the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24
"Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief-almost momentary— the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24
December 19, 2024 at 1:32 PM
HUMAN SCALE
"Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief-almost momentary— the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24
"Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief-almost momentary— the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24
WHAT COMES TO US ALL
"Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were brought to the same place by death-they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24
"Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were brought to the same place by death-they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24
December 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
WHAT COMES TO US ALL
"Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were brought to the same place by death-they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24
"Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were brought to the same place by death-they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24
KNOW THYSELF— BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
"Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself."
—SENECA, THYESTES, 400
"Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself."
—SENECA, THYESTES, 400
December 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
KNOW THYSELF— BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
"Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself."
—SENECA, THYESTES, 400
"Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself."
—SENECA, THYESTES, 400
A SIMPLE WAY TO MEASURE OUR DAYS
"This is the mark of perfection of character-to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.69
"This is the mark of perfection of character-to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.69
December 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A SIMPLE WAY TO MEASURE OUR DAYS
"This is the mark of perfection of character-to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.69
"This is the mark of perfection of character-to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending."
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.69