"If you are careless and lazy now and keep putting things off and always deferring the day after which you will attend to yourself, you will not notice that you are making no progress but you will live and die as someone quite ordinary." #stoicism #life #philosophy
So next time you tell yourself “it is what it is” to avoid a tough conversation or stand up against something wrong, ask yourself: is this Stoic strength, or am I just avoiding what I know I should do?
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"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat." #stoicism #life #philosophy
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future." #stoicism #life #philosophy
The 30 Day Stoic Mindset Guide - Build Mental Toughness #stoicism #stoicphilosophy #stoicwisdom
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"Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible." #stoicism #life #philosophy
How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.
— Will Durant
Normality is a paved road: Its comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow #stoicism #life #philosophy
"For no man is free who is a slave to his body." #stoicism #life #philosophy
How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?
— Seneca
People expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." #stoicism #life #philosophy
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
— Epictetus
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. #stoicism #life #philosophy
