"If one were to measure what is agreeable by the standard of pleasure, nothing would be pleasanter than self-control; and if one were to measure what is to be avoided by pain, nothing would be more painful than a lack of self-control." Musonius Rufus
Daily Stoic Journal prompt: "How long does praise really last anyway?
Only as long as you keep seeking approval from others and as long as they continue to give it. Seek approval from yourself and you'll be a much stronger and resilient person. #Stoicism@dailystoic
"Wash yourself clean. With simplicity, with humility, with indifference to everything but right and wrong. Care for other human beings." Marcus Aurelius https://t.co/xYbssNZdKl
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.” Viktor Frankl https://t.co/j7Gp18k8OZ
"If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now." Marcus Aurelius https://t.co/yXxIy74vem
The most creative ideas come from people who have nothing to lose. As soon as you have something to lose, you limit your ideas to those that don’t threaten what you already have. You start protecting rather than creating.
Very few things matter in life.
Because few things matter, we must think carefully about what does matter to us and only commit our time to those things.
Then, we should remain focused on what matters rather than chasing the new thing which, in all likelihood, does not matter.