"Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself." #stoicism #life #philosophy
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
— Haruki Murakami
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"There is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don't use it to free yourself it will be gone and will never return." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly." #stoicism #life #philosophy
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
— Seneca
Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"No rose without a thorn. Yes, but many a thorn without a rose." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Freedom is what we do with what is done to us." #stoicism #life #philosophy
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Thank you for this comment. I came here to say something similar.
Stoicism is a great thing, but it needs to be interpreted in a way that does not lead to a capitalism-compatible milquetoast philosophy that is then used by privileged people to justify their apathy and egoism.
(similar is true for the way how many westerners understand eastern spiritualism and are then happily more concerned about their yoga mattress and shit than of the living beings around them).
Taking these pitfalls in mind, stoicism and meditation-ish self-care can help a lot to avoid breakdown while fighting this horrible machine. 
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach
— Aristotle
We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Instead of fighting the world, kill your ego." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Anything that just costs money is cheap." #stoicism #life #philosophy
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
— Mark Twain
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." #stoicism #life #philosophy
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@stoicteacher " All the colours of poetry, however splendid, can never paint natural objects in such a manner as to make the description be taken for a real landscape. The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation." - David Hume.
"We suffer more in imagination than in reality." #stoicism #life #philosophy
