You only have one life. Make it a happy one. Don't forsake your happiness in this life in the hopes of happiness in another one.
08.06.2025 13:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@stoicsojourner.bsky.social
You only have one life. Make it a happy one. Don't forsake your happiness in this life in the hopes of happiness in another one.
08.06.2025 13:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful job guys!! Love that Tifo
23.03.2025 16:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"He who knows others men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.β - Tao Te Ching
09.03.2025 13:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βMan conquers the world by conquering himself.β - Zeno of Citium
01.03.2025 11:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I got it from Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom"
23.02.2025 15:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"Do not glorify in blaming and despising other people. A kind person should hide the shame of others, even those who have harmed him. Do not remember one who repents his former sins." β Talmud
23.02.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"During the day you should behave in such a way that you can sleep at night in peace; and in your youth you should behave in such a way that you can live in your old age in peace." - Indian Proverb
22.02.2025 13:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βLive according to your nature: follow the straight path which reason traces out for you.β - Seneca
17.02.2025 12:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"In the face of brokeness, gratitude has the power to heal. In the face of despair, gratitude has the power to bring hope." - Robert A Emmons
16.02.2025 13:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - John Lennon
14.02.2025 10:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He is the best man who, though peril menaces him on every side and arms and chains beset his path, nevertheless neither impairs not conceals his virtue; for to keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself." - Seneca
13.02.2025 10:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations!!
12.02.2025 00:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.β - Carl Jung
11.02.2025 10:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Each needs someone with whom one may make comparisons and investigations. Skilled wrestlers are kept up to the mark by practice."- Seneca
09.02.2025 14:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them." - Epictetus
08.02.2025 13:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βPeople are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves.β - Ben Okri
06.02.2025 10:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The knowledge of error is the beginning of deliverance." - Epicurus
03.02.2025 10:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βBe at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man." -
Benjamin Franklin
"The person does not exist to whom you cannot do good." - Seneca
01.02.2025 14:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This seems appropriate in our current situation: "Want me to tell you what type of man you have shown us that you are? You have exhibited yourself to us as a mean fellow, argumentative, passionate, cowardly, finding fault with everything, blaming everybody, never quiet, vain." - Epictetus
31.01.2025 10:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"In the day of prosperity let no one be over-joyed. In the day of adversity let no one faint; the successions of fortune alternate." - Seneca
31.01.2025 09:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"You can stand firm in a fight against everything except kindness." βJean Jacques Rousseau
30.01.2025 10:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βWhatever anyone does or says, for my part Iβm bound to the good. In the same way an emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: βwhatever anyone does or says, I must be what I am and show my true colors.ββ βMarcus Aurelius
29.01.2025 10:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Care about people's approval, and you will always be their prisoner." ββ βLao Tzu
28.01.2025 10:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"The miracle is not walk on fire or on water. The miracle is to walk on the earth." Zen Master Linji
βLearning virtue means unlearning vice.β - Seneca
26.01.2025 13:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp of knowledge than self-deception." - Zeno of Cittium
21.01.2025 10:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βLittle by little one becomes evil, as a water pot is filled with water. Little by little one becomes good, as a water pot is filled with water.β - The Buddha
20.01.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The more strictly and mercilessly you judge yourself, the more just and kind you will be in the judgment of others." β Confucius
19.01.2025 13:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It is clear to you, I am sure, Lucilius, that no man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom; you know also that a happy life is reached when our wisdom is brought to completion, but that life is at least endurable even when our wisdom is only begun. β Seneca
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