''To read great books does not mean one becomes 'bookish'; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of Shakespeare, of the luminous wisdom of Goethe, actually passes into the personality of the reader ...'
JC Powys
“We live in the middle of things which have all been
destined to die. Mortal have you been born, to mortals you have given birth. Reckon on everything, expect everything.”
“Devastation—that feeling that we’re absolutely crushed and shocked by an event—is a factor of how unlikely we considered that event in the first place.”
-Ryan Holiday
“But neither a bull nor a noble-spirited man comes to be what he is all at once…We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared.” — Epictetus
3. What stands in the Way becomes the Way
Turn life challenges into opportunities. Your perception of any challenge, not the challenge itself, that always matters.
2. Undertake Actions with a Reverse Clause:
When you set out to do something, keep in mind the outcome is not within your control and you're willing to calmly accept whatever happens.