Everything changes sooner or later. The good becomes bad and the bad becomes good. Profits turn into losses and losses turn into profits. Approval may turn into disapproval and disapproval may turn into approval. Mistakes and setbacks add up to success. Then success leads to failure. This is life. It is never too late to start again.
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Trust me, real joy is a serious thing. Do you think someone can, in the charming expression, blithely dismiss death with an easy disposition? Or swing open the door to poverty, keep pleasures in check, or meditate on the endurance of suffering? The one who is comfortable with turning these thoughts over is truly full of joy that I would wish for you to possess. — Seneca, Moral Letters, 111.2
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off our own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others. — Seneca, Moral Letters, 103.4b-5a
