Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, “By setting himself to live the noblest life himself” – The Philosophy of Epictetus CXLIII My mate Matt has this thing that he does: he doesn’t dismiss anything. Because who’s to say if what you’re doing is right or …
Once dismiss the view you take, and you are out of danger. Who, then, is hindering such a dismissal? – Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations 12:25 What if instead of saying ‘I’m happy’ or ‘I feel like shit’, before the emotion, you put: ‘I choose’? So for example, instead of those you’d …
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. – Marcus Aurelius from Meditations If someone pisses you off, upsets you, even disappoints you, you have two options: 1. Do exactly the same back to them, because you know, fuck em. They deserve it. or, 2. Realise that they –like you– are …
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. – Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations So in other words, when something or someone pisses …
Josh Waitzkin has this thing he does, and taught his son to do. Whenever he does something stupid, fucks up or something shitty happens, he thinks ‘This is Great!’ Which not only removes the weight a situation that most of the time is inconsequential, but also helps you move on. Today …
