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Sharing some of my favorite stoic quotes

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@11knaves11 Very true!
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Epictetus was brilliant. I was browsing through his Discourses just yesterday.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@Harmonium1923 He is my favourite philosopher.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@JimboSaturn @Harmonium1923 Yeah he's a great one!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
One of my favorites is from Seneca:

The rich man is not he who has much, but rather he who wants little.
"Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”
originnone · 61-69, M
We have almost no control. We live in this small spherical brown balls. When we climb up the sides, we either roll the ball or drop back to the bottom....and we decide this is our big world, when we really live in a world of an infinite number of brown balls.

That's my best pick up line! LOL
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@originnone I like it!
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
"Do as you would be done."
Raymuundo · 46-50, M
It’s going to take a little while for me to absorb this.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Queendragonfly I dip into the Meditations now and again. No need to rush.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@ninalanyon No, we take it in our own pace 😊
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Queendragonfly But I'm twice your age and starting to feel the relevance of Book II-4
[quote]4. Think of your long procrastination, and of the many opportunities given you by the Gods, but left unused. Surely it is high time to understand the Universe of which you are a part, and the Ruler of that Universe, of whom you are an emanation; that a limit is set to your days, which, if you use them not for your enlightenment, will depart, as you yourself will, and return no more.[/quote]
robertsnj · 56-60, M
I love that you read stoicism . Also real quick I love that you use this site to strengthen your 2nd language. That is so impressive.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@robertsnj Thank you!
Solitude1 · 51-55, M
Control always starts from inside.
Wiseacre · F
I'm a stoic in training.
SW-User
Try meditating on the book of Proverbs

Tim Keller’s book
The way of wisdom is very good.
robertsnj · 56-60, M
@SW-User what did you like about it? key takeaways?
SW-User
@robertsnj Ancient sayings, probably 1000 bc, 500 years before Attic Greek. The interlink by amplifying or limiting.
SW-User
You married her, you live with her

 
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