9-Mar
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
– Epictetus
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
– Epictetus
We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
– Epictetus
Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
-Marcus Aurelius
Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
-Seneca the Younger
In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present – I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
-Marcus Aurelius