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“Happiness is a good flow of life.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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February 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Happiness is a good flow of life.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell.”
“Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell.”
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell.”
“Pride is a master of deception: when you think you’re occupied in the weightiest business, that’s when he has you in his spell.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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🧱 Foundation from Seneca:
“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🧱 Foundation from Seneca:
“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
“We must not believe the many who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“We must not believe the many who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“Death is our journey’s destination, the object on which we must set our sights. If it frightens us, how can we take a single step forward and not be worried sick?”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Death is our journey’s destination, the object on which we must set our sights. If it frightens us, how can we take a single step forward and not be worried sick?”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
“The elements move upward, downward, in all directions. The motion of virtue is different—deeper. It moves at a steady pace on a road hard to discern, and always forward.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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February 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“The elements move upward, downward, in all directions. The motion of virtue is different—deeper. It moves at a steady pace on a road hard to discern, and always forward.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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⏳ Timeless insight 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.”
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
⏳ Timeless insight 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.”
“All things, says Plato, are produced either by nature, by fortune, or by art; the greatest and most beautiful by the one or the other of the former, the least and the most imperfect by the last.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“All things, says Plato, are produced either by nature, by fortune, or by art; the greatest and most beautiful by the one or the other of the former, the least and the most imperfect by the last.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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🌀 Perspective from Marcus Aurelius:
“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.”
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌀 Perspective from Marcus Aurelius:
“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.”
“Only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Only the educated are free.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”
🧭 Guidance by Plutarch:
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
🧭 Guidance by Plutarch:
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
“Alexander wept when he heard Anaxarchus’ discourse about an infinite number of worlds, and when his friends inquired what ailed him, ‘Is it not worthy of tears,’ he said, ‘that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lords of a single one?’”
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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– Napoleon Bonaparte
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February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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– Napoleon Bonaparte
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🏛️ Philosophy from Epictetus:
“Only the educated are free.”
“Only the educated are free.”
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🏛️ Philosophy from Epictetus:
“Only the educated are free.”
“Only the educated are free.”
“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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🌀 Perspective from 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.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🌀 Perspective from 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 have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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