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June 15th: Listening accomplishes more than speaking
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, 'The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less.' —Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, 7.1.23
Don't return to philosophy as a task- master, but as patients seek out of relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment. Regarding it this way, you'll obey reason without putting it on display and rest easy in its care.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 5.9
Daily Touch of Inspirations
May 5th: You are the project
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that of the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer's. ~Epictetus, Discourses, 3.3.1
We control our reasoned choice and all acts that depend on that moral will. What's not under our control are the body and any of its parts, our possessions, parents, siblings, children, or country - anything with which we might associate.
— Epictetus, Discourses, 1.22.10 —
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