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  1. Not a single thing that is done on earth happens without you, God,
    Nor in the divine heavenly sphere nor in the sea,
    Except for what bad people do in their foolishness.

    — Cleanthes

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  2. The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

    — Epictetus

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  3. I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self

    — Aristotle

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  5. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

    — Jane Goodall

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  6. Do good. Be better.

    Been working through #TheDailyStoic this year (up to May so far, I'm not great about it) and enjoying it. It's a quote-a-day book by #RyanHoliday, and leans pretty heavily on Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius.

    I don't really follow Holiday, but I appreciate what he's done to popularize stoic ideas.

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  7. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Finally, in every event which leads you to sorrow, remember to use this principle: that this is not a misfortune, but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune.
     
    [μέμνησο λοιπὸν ἐπὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἰς λύπην σε προαγομένου τούτῳ χρῆσθαι τῷ δόγματι: οὐχ ὅτι τοῦτο ἀτύχημα, ἀλλὰ τὸ φέρειν αὐτὸ γενναίως εὐτύχημα.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 49 (4.49) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/1720…

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