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📜 Sharing daily Stoic wisdom. Quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, and more.
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⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
🧱 Foundation from Epictetus:
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🧱 Foundation from Epictetus:
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
“That to study philosophy is to learn to die.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“That to study philosophy is to learn to die.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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🌀 Perspective from Marcus Aurelius:
“Your soul is dyed by the color of your thoughts.”
“Your soul is dyed by the color of your thoughts.”
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌀 Perspective from Marcus Aurelius:
“Your soul is dyed by the color of your thoughts.”
“Your soul is dyed by the color of your thoughts.”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury, and the injury disappears.”
“If you’ve seen the present, then you’ve seen everything—as it’s been since the beginning, as it will be forever. The same substance, the same form. All of it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“If you’ve seen the present, then you’ve seen everything—as it’s been since the beginning, as it will be forever. The same substance, the same form. All of it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
⏳ Timeless insight by Epictetus:
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.”
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.”
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Epictetus:
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.”
“Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.”
🧱 Foundation 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 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🧱 Foundation 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.”
“Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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“I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.”
– Montaigne
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– Montaigne
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💡 Reflection by Napoleon Bonaparte:
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
💡 Reflection by Napoleon Bonaparte:
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
– Zeno
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– Zeno
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.”
– Zeno
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Zeno
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
⏳ Timeless insight by Seneca:
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
⏳ Timeless insight by Seneca:
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
“Is then the fruit of a fig-tree not perfect suddenly and in one hour, and would you possess the fruit of a man's mind in so short a time and so easily?”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Is then the fruit of a fig-tree not perfect suddenly and in one hour, and would you possess the fruit of a man's mind in so short a time and so easily?”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🌿 Stillness in Epictetus's words:
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌿 Stillness in Epictetus's words:
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.”
– Epictetus
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– Epictetus
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December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
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“The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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– Napoleon Bonaparte
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Napoleon Bonaparte
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🧘 Insight from Seneca:
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“If you’ve seen the present, then you’ve seen everything—as it’s been since the beginning, as it will be forever. The same substance, the same form. All of it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“If you’ve seen the present, then you’ve seen everything—as it’s been since the beginning, as it will be forever. The same substance, the same form. All of it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“Think how much is going on inside you every second—in your soul, in your body. Why should it astonish you that so much more—everything that happens in that all-embracing unity, the world—is happening at the same time?”
“Think how much is going on inside you every second—in your soul, in your body. Why should it astonish you that so much more—everything that happens in that all-embracing unity, the world—is happening at the same time?”
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Marcus Aurelius:
“Think how much is going on inside you every second—in your soul, in your body. Why should it astonish you that so much more—everything that happens in that all-embracing unity, the world—is happening at the same time?”
“Think how much is going on inside you every second—in your soul, in your body. Why should it astonish you that so much more—everything that happens in that all-embracing unity, the world—is happening at the same time?”
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
📖 Teachings of Marcus Aurelius:
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📖 Teachings of Marcus Aurelius:
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”