Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

We should be ashamed to look at ourselves without effort to improve. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do not let your mind be tugged by distant fears. Practice the present moment; live in it fully, for anxiety about tomorrow blinds you to today. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

If evil be spoken of you, and it be true, correct yourself. If it be a lie, laugh at it. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do you ask what is the road to freedom? It is courage. He who is brave is free, for he is not enslaved by fear, fortune, or the opinions of others. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

The universe is transformation: life is opinion. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he does not have, for wisdom lies in harmony with nature. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

No great thing is created suddenly. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, made up of one substance and one soul. Its nature is continual change; your life is shaped by opinion. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do not seek for events to happen as you wish; want them to happen as they do. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Accustom yourself to life as it is, and not as you would have it. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Train yourself to endure hardship; joy will be less fragile. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully you will find this to be so. — Marcus Aurelius #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Fellow Stoics - I’m weighing how best to share these thoughts. Is it better to sit with one Stoic at a time — many Marcus quotes in a row, then Seneca, then Epictetus — or to rotate voices each day? Reply with what serves you best, and I will adjust accordingly.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

No man is free who is not master of himself. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. — Epictetus #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand? — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the crowd: it is so easy for it to go over to the majority. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Nothing is as ruinous to the character as sitting away one's time at a show - for it is then, through the medium of entertainment, that vices creep in to one with unusual ease. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Each day, aquire something which will help you to face poverty, or death, and other ills as well. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Nothing is so useful that it can be of any service in mere passing. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Nothing hinders a cure so much as frequent changes of treatment; a wound will not heal if it is made the subject of experiments with different ointments. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do not tear from place to place and unsettle yourself with one move after another. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Live according to nature; do not let desires govern you. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Choose as friends those who make you better. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Measure wealth by things you do not need. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

He who enjoys life without anxiety is blessed. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Expect delay, expect difficulty: prepare the soul accordingly. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than necessary. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Liberty is the only worthy goal in life. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Be content with little; enjoy enough. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do not value life by the length, but by the use you make of it. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Restrain your desires; they are the cause of your troubles. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Receive good and bad fortune with the same calm. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

If you search for comfort you will miss the good. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do not let your mind be tugged by distant fears. Practice the present moment; live in it fully, for anxiety about tomorrow blinds you to today. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

Do you ask what is the road to freedom? It is courage. He who is brave is free, for he is not enslaved by fear, fortune, or the opinions of others. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness

No great thing is created suddenly. — Seneca #Stoicism #DailyStoicThoughts #Mindfulness