your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.”—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.39b–40a The Stoics urge us to consider not only how things appear, but what effort...
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“Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no one ever loses a life other than the one they are living, and no one ever lives a life other than...
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“Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception.”—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23 Ego and self-deception can be...
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“Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you will see that what has happened is in keeping with reason.”—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.17.1 It is important to...
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“We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect, by whose example it can make its inner sanctum more inviolable...
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“Above all, keep a close watch on this—that you are never so tied to your former acquaintances and friends that you are pulled down to their level. If you don’t, you’ll be ruined. . . . You must...
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“If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving it disturbed and troubled—have you no shame...
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Heraclitus called self-deception an awful disease and eyesight a lying sense.”—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9.7 Today we focus on the concept of self-awareness, which is the...
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“In public avoid talking often and excessively about your accomplishments and dangers, for however much you enjoy recounting your dangers, it’s not so pleasant for others to hear about your affairs...
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“These things don’t go together. You must be a unified human being, either good or bad. You must diligently work either on your own reasoning or on things out of your control—take great care with the...
