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  Relentlessly prune BS, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. — Paul Graham #Stoic #Stoicism #PaulGraham

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  The Fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them. — Cleanthes #Stoic #Stoicism #Cleanthes

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  I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be. — Rumi #Stoic #Stoicism #Rumi

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  We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana #Stoic #Stoicism #MokokomaMokhonoana

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  Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. — Deepak Chopra #Stoic #Stoicism #DeepakChopra

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  There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. — Epictetus #Stoic #Stoicism #Epictetus

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  Be so busy building your own life that other people’s BS is of no concern. — Ed Latimore #Stoic #Stoicism #EdLatimore

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  Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  Diogenes of Sinope said we sell things of great value for things of very little, and vice versa. — Diogenes Laertius #Stoic #Stoicism #DiogenesLaertius

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  Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  To be stoic is not to be emotionless, but to remain unaffected by your emotions. — James Pierce #Stoic #Stoicism #JamesPierce

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  Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity. — Robert Greene #Stoic #Stoicism #RobertGreene

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  We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us — Aristotle #Stoic #Stoicism #Aristotle

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  Every hour focus your mind attentively…on the performance of the task in hand, with dignity, human sympathy, benevolence and freedom, and leave aside all other thoughts. You will achieve this, if you perform each action as if it were your last. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca #Stoic #Stoicism #Seneca

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  Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk. — Rumi #Stoic #Stoicism #Rumi

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  Consider in silence whatever anyone says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man. — Cato #Stoic #Stoicism #Cato

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  Or is it your reputation that’s bothering you? But look at how soon we’re all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space – and most of it uninhabited. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

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  The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. — Ralph Waldo Emerson #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

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  Since every man dies, it is better to die with distinction than to live long. — Musonius Rufus #Stoic #Stoicism #MusoniusRufus

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  Happiness depends upon ourselves — Aristotle #Stoic #Stoicism #Aristotle

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  Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. — Thich Nhat Hanh #Stoic #Stoicism #ThichNhatHanh

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  Trust in your money and down you go! But the godly flourish like leaves in spring. — Proverbs 11:28 #Stoic #Stoicism #Proverbs11:28

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  Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind — Aristotle #Stoic #Stoicism #Aristotle

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  To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. — Heraclitus #Stoic #Stoicism #Heraclitus

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  It is a characteristic of wisdom to not do desperate things. — Henry David Thoreau #Stoic #Stoicism #HenryDavidThoreau

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  Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. — Seneca #Stoic #Stoicism #Seneca

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  To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. — Albert Einstein #Stoic #Stoicism #AlbertEinstein