“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” Marcus Aurelius
“Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation." - Epictetus
"I am inclined to think that the power of wisdom is better shown by a display of calmness in the midst of provocation, just as the greatest proof that a general is mighty in his arms and men is his quiet unconcern in the country of the enemy." Seneca
“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” Marcus Aurelius
You forfeit the freshness of the morning if you immediately open Twitter and email.
Doing so allows many voices into your mind. These voices alter your mood, spark anxieties, and compete to set your agenda.
Start your day however you choose, but be sure that YOU are choosing.
"El spot nos desnuda. Tenemos tan normalizado que la #publicidad tiene que ser vacía, trillada, disociada de la realidad que una iniciativa como ésta es refrescante" @carlosorozco_ sobre genial campaña de @MibancoPE y @ZavalitaBrand 👉 https://t.co/D5VyHJKuuK #CiudadanosDelMañana
"You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will" Epictetus
"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, ‘He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would have not mentioned these alone.'" Epictetus
Some reach the heights of power.
Some live quiet lives of virtue and purpose.
Some seek nothing but mischief.
All find their way to the grave.
Time will make ashes of us all.
Do not squander this moment.
It will not come again.
Las dualidades (bien/mal, bello/feo, fuerza/debilidad, etc) no son dos cosas opuestas sino dos cosas complementarias. Sin la noche nunca veríamos las estrellas.