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“Happy is the man who can make others better, not merely when he is in their company, but even when he is in their thoughts!” —Seneca
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
—Marcus Aurelius
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” —Epictetus
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
—Marcus Aurelius
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
—Seneca
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
—Seneca
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
—Epictetus
“Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents.”
—Epictetus
“Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.”
—Epictetus