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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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful job guys!! Love that Tifo

23.03.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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.” - Tao Te Ching

09.03.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMan conquers the world by conquering himself.” - Zeno of Citium

01.03.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got it from Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom"

23.02.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLive according to your nature: follow the straight path which reason traces out for you.” - Seneca

17.02.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!

12.02.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.” - Carl Jung

11.02.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them." - Epictetus

08.02.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPeople are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves.” - Ben Okri

06.02.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The knowledge of error is the beginning of deliverance." - Epicurus

03.02.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBe at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man." -
Benjamin Franklin

02.02.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The person does not exist to whom you cannot do good." - Seneca

01.02.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"You can stand firm in a fight against everything except kindness." β€”Jean Jacques Rousseau

30.01.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhatever anyone does or says, for my part I’m bound to the good. In the same way an emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: β€˜whatever anyone does or says, I must be what I am and show my true colors.’” β€”Marcus Aurelius

29.01.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Care about people's approval, and you will always be their prisoner." ​— ​Lao Tzu

28.01.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0


"The miracle is not walk on fire or on water. The miracle is to walk on the earth." Zen Master Linji

27.01.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLearning virtue means unlearning vice.” - Seneca

26.01.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp of knowledge than self-deception." - Zeno of Cittium

21.01.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLittle 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.” - The Buddha

20.01.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It 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. – Seneca

18.01.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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