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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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🏛️ Philosophy from Marcus Aurelius:
“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.”
“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.”
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🏛️ Philosophy from Marcus Aurelius:
“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.”
“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.”
💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
💡 Reflection by Marcus Aurelius:
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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– Marcus Aurelius
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February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
“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 11, 2026 at 10:00 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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🌀 Perspective from Epictetus:
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🌀 Perspective from Epictetus:
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“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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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 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
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🧭 Guidance by Montaigne:
“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🧭 Guidance by Montaigne:
“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
“If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“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.”
“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.”
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“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.”
“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.”
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.”
“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
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“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
“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.”
– Seneca
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– Seneca
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February 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Epictetus:
“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.”
“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.”
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🕊️ Calm wisdom from Epictetus:
“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.”
“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.”
“Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🗣️ In the words of Marcus Aurelius:
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🗣️ In the words of Marcus Aurelius:
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.”
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Marcus Aurelius
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
⏳ Timeless insight by Zeno:
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
⏳ Timeless insight by Zeno:
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
🌿 Stillness in Zeno's words:
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
🌿 Stillness in Zeno's words:
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”
“Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not those whom you are in the habit of saying are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not those whom you are in the habit of saying are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?”
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Epictetus
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“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.”
“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.”
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🌿 Stillness in Marcus Aurelius's words:
“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.”
“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.”
“The entire life of philosophers is indeed a study of death.”
– Cicero
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– Cicero
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“The entire life of philosophers is indeed a study of death.”
– Cicero
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Cicero
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
📖 Teachings of 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 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📖 Teachings of 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.”