The Quiet Mind

A quiet space for loud ideas.
Philosophy • Psychology • Human Nature

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"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

— Socrates

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@SoburOlasiji 🤔Word...worth pondering upon.

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“People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”

– Seneca

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"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

— Epictetus

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“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”

– Marcus Aurelius

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@Executive_101 Exactly, that's the message.
Time has become the most wasted resource on earth but people aren't paying attention to it.

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“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.”

– Seneca

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"Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves."

— Epictetus

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"Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party.
Is anything brought around to you?
Put out your hand and take your share with moderation."

— Epictetus

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"Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life.
Let us postpone nothing.
Let us balance life’s books each day.
The man who puts the finishing touches to his life each day is
never at a loss for time."

— Seneca

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"Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life."

— Epictetus

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"The door that closes in front of you can also teach you your own way of existing."

— Epictetus

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“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.”

— Seneca

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"You have to assemble your life yourself — action by action. And be satisfied if each one achieves its goal, as far as it can.
No one can keep that from happening."

— Marcus Aurelius

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"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life.
It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."

~ Epictetus

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@SpotwoodTinsley You're right Sir
Thanks!

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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

— Viktor Frankl

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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

— Søren Kierkegaard

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Socrates

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“Fire tests gold, adversity tests brave men.”

— Seneca