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Stoics and philosophers, quoted correctly.
Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Nietzsche and William James. Every line cited to the book.
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No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, X.16 — tr. George Long, 1862
…for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, V.16 — tr. George Long, 1862
Make thyself all simplicity.
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, IV.26 — tr. George Long, 1862
Everything is alien to us; time alone is ours.
Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter I
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter I
Vindica te tibi. — Claim yourself for yourself.
Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter I
He is free who lives as he wishes.
Epictetus
Discourses, IV.1, “On Freedom”
First say to yourself what you would be.
Epictetus
Discourses, III.23
One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue §5 — tr. Thomas Common, 1909
… so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
The Principles of Psychology, Vol. II, Chapter XXII (“Reasoning”), p. 369 (1890)
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Be Such
Be Such
The Soul Is Dyed by the Thoughts
Make Thyself All Simplicity
Time Alone
Life Speeds By
Life Speeds By
Claim Yourself
He Is Free Who Lives as He Wishes
He Is Free Who Lives as He Wishes
He Is Free Who Lives as He Wishes
First Say to Yourself What You Would Be
One Must Still Have Chaos
Art of Being Wise