Never do anything out of habit “So in the majority of other things, we address circumstances not in accordance with the right assumptions, but mostly by following wretched habit. Since all that I’ve said is the case, the person in training must seek to rise above, so as to stop seeking out pleasure and steering… Continue reading Habits build complacency
Peace is in staying the course “Tranquility can’t be grasped except by those who have reached an unwavering and firm power of judgement — the rest constantly fall and rise in their decisions, wavering in a state of alternatively rejecting and accepting things. What is the case of this back and forth? It’s because nothing… Continue reading Stay the course
Cut the string that pull your mind “Understand at last that you have something in you more powerful and divine than what causes the bodily passions and pulls you like a mere puppet. What thoughts now occupy my mind? Is it not fear, suspicion, desire, or something like that?” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.19 When… Continue reading Puppets
Circle of Control “We control our reasoned choice and all acts that depend on that moral will. What’s not under our control are the body and any of its parts, our possessions, parents, siblings, children, or country — anything with which we might associate.” — Epictetus, Discourses, 1.22.10 Once again, we return to the concept… Continue reading In the circle
The one path to Serenity “Keep this thought at the ready at daybreak, and through the day and night — there is only one path to happiness, and that is in giving up all outside of your sphere of choice, regarding nothing else as your possession, surrendering all else to God and Fortune.” — Epictetus,… Continue reading Serenity