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  1. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  2. If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

    — Marcus Aurelius

  3. If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

    — Marcus Aurelius

    #Stoic #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius

  4. Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
    the right words bring satisfaction.

    — Proverbs 18:20

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  5. Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
    the right words bring satisfaction.

    — Proverbs 18:20

    #Stoic #Stoicism #Proverbs18:20

  6. It is a characteristic of wisdom to not do desperate things.

    — Henry David Thoreau

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  7. I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

    — Henry David Thoreau

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  8. @EricAlper
    I'm sure more competent authorities will be along in due course, but if you would accept assumed/implied gratitude, may I submit the lyrics to the Bare Necessities?

    Look for the bare necessities
    The simple bare necessities
    Forget about your worries and your strife
    I mean the bare necessities
    Old Mother Nature's recipes
    That brings the bare necessities of life
    Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
    I couldn't be fonder of my big home
    The bees are buzzin' in the tree
    To make some honey just for me
    When you look under the rocks and plants
    And take a glance at the fancy ants
    Then maybe try a few
    The bare necessities of life will come to you
    They'll come to you!
    Look for the bare necessities
    The simple bare necessities
    Forget about your worries and your strife
    I mean the bare necessities
    That's why a bear can rest at ease
    With just the bare necessities of life
    Now when you pick a pawpaw
    Or a prickly pear
    And you prick a raw paw
    Well next time beware
    Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
    When you pick a pear
    Try to use the claw
    But you don't need to use the claw
    When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
    Have I given you a clue?
    The bare necessities of life
    Will come to you
    They'll come to you!
    Oh man this is really living
    Look for the bare necessities
    The simple bare necessities
    Forget about your worries and your strife
    I mean the bare necessities
    That's why a bear can rest at ease
    With just the bare necessities of life
    With just the bare necessities of life

    #disney #gratitude #stoic #stoicism #poetry #diogenes #everyDayTurningSugarAndOxygenIntoSomeSemblanceOfFreeWillAndSelfDeterminismIsATremendousPrivilege