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Rihard Novacan
@rihardn.bsky.social
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Software developer, cat and dog enthusiast, bookworm. If I'm not brewing a fresh pot of coffee or curled up with a good read, I'm probably chasing sunsets and exploring the great outdoors.
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"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
-Zeno of Citium

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
August 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing, and in the recognition that the journey is the reward."
-Chrysippus

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
June 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
-Chrysippus

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
August 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."
—Johnny Cash
#stoicphilosophy #selfimprovement #personalgrowth
June 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away."
-Chrysippus

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
May 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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guyverhofstadt.bsky.social
We in Europe remember that Canadians died to liberate our continent.

In the face of Trump's madness, EU stands with Canada now!

There is no reason why EU membership should be off the table. 🇪🇺🇨🇦
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.”
-Seneca

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
December 5, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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“It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and—what will perhaps make you wonder more—it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.”
-Seneca

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December 3, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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“It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.”
-Marcus Aurelius

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
December 4, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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Older. Maybe. Happy. I’d say.
December 3, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
-Marcus Aurelius

#stoicism #stoicphilosophy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfimprovement #personalgrowth #motivation #inspiration
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 AM
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"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
- Epictetus

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December 2, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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"It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly."
-Epictetus

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December 2, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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"True nobility isn’t about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be."
-Seneca

#stoicism #meditation
December 2, 2024 at 6:03 AM
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@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social
Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.
December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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"The fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them."
-Gaius Musonius Rufus
December 1, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
-Seneca
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 AM
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"The greatest empire is to be emperor of oneself."
-Chrysippus
November 27, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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"Happiness is not found in things external, but in a soul that is in accordance with nature."
-Chrysippus
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
― Marcus Aurelius
November 21, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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"He who conquers his passions is a man of more power than he who conquers a city."
-Chrysippus
November 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
-Marcus Aurelius
November 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
-Marcus Aurelius
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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"An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself."
-Epictetus
November 25, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
-Marcus Aurelius
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM