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Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
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sadness
stoicism
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Markus Zusak |
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cd9070f
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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future
reason
inspirational
stoic
equanimity
worry
stoicism
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Marcus Aurelius |
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0d9fab8
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Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can't help hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.
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pain
faith
living
positivity
happiness
hope
life
love
stoicism
misery
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T.H. White |
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0c2d79f
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized.
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courage
freedom
serenity
terrorism
stoicism
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Salman Rushdie |
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16da174
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Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.
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passion
stoicism
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Nora Roberts |
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fd1d050
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Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was he more patient, more charitable, than ? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than ? In what respect was he the superior of ? Was he gentler than , more universal than ? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of ? Did he express grander truths than ? Was his mind subtler than 's? Was his brain equal to 's or 's? Was he grander in death - a sublimer martyr than ? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of , the greatest of the human race?
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shakespeare
kindness
wisdom
bruno
epicurus
gautama-buddha
giordano-bruno
laozi
zeno
zeno-of-citium
zoroaster
cicero
baruch-spinoza
epictetus
spinoza
buddha
buddhism
socrates
stoicism
patience
isaac-newton
johannes-kepler
kepler
newton
william-shakespeare
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Robert G. Ingersoll |
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Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness.
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pain
happiness
dichotomy
stoicism
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T.H. White |
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Remember to act always as if you were at a symposium. When the food or drink comes around, reach out and take some politely; if it passes you by don't try pulling it back. And if it has not reached you yet, don't let your desire run ahead of you, be patient until your turn comes. Adopt a similar attitude with regard to children, wife, wealth and status, and in time, you will be entitled to dine with the gods. Go further and decline these goods even when they are on offer and you will have a share in the gods' power as well as their company. That is how Diogenes, Heraclitus and philosophers like them came to be called, and considered, divine.
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stoic
stoicism
self-control
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Epictetus |
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7faa1d7
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"The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as "Do not lie." Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, "How does this prove it? What exactly is a proof, what is logical inference, what is contradiction, what is truth, what is falsehood?" Thus, the third field is necessary because of the second, and the second because of the first. The most important, though, the one that should occupy most of our time, is the first. But we do just the opposite. We are preoccupied with the third field and give that all our attention, passing the first by altogether. The result is that we lie - but have no difficulty proving why we shouldn't."
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morality
philosophy
stoic
proof
stoicism
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Epictetus |
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he saw and recognised the visible and he sought his place in this world. He did not seek reality; his goal was not on any other side. The world was beautiful when looked at in this way - without any seeking, so simple, so childlike. The moon and stars were beautiful, the brook, the shore, the forest and rock, the goat and the golden beetle, the flower and butterfly were beautiful. It was beautiful and pleasant to go through the world like that, so childlike, so awakened, so concerned with the immediate, without any distrust.
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stoicism
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Hermann Hesse |
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The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.
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philosophy
epictetus
stoic
marcus-aurelius
seneca
stoicism
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Cleanthes of Assos |
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"He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on a stoical indifference to the fright afterward." Jefferson Davis's future wife describing him at first meeting."
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fear
stoicism
humility
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Shelby Foote |
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c9a208a
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"These...xistential qualms you suffer, they just mean you're truly human. I aked how I might remedy them. "You don't remedy them. You live thru them."
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stoicism
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David Mitchell |
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Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her.
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stoicism
mother
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Maria V. Snyder |
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Nar det kommer til stykket, er jeg ikke sikker pa om De har moralsk rett til a blande dem i saken. Dessuten tror jeg fremdeles ikke det er noen fare pa ferde. Etter min mening er det absurd a ga fra konseptene fordi om noen mennesker har fatt lyst til a skifte ham. Det far bli deres egen sak. Det star enhver fritt for.
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rhinoceros
liberals
tolerance
relativism
stoicism
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Eugène Ionesco |
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610bc0d
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Emilio was certainly within his rights not to reveal the sordid details of his childhood even to his friends. Or perhaps especially to his friends, whose good opinion of him, he might feel, would not survive the revelations.
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stoicism
mysterious
secrets
childhood
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Mary Doria Russell |
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a1fe5e7
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Stoical' is the best word to describe her reaction to these compliments, Emma putting up with them as of they were one of my unfortunate foibles.
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stoic
stoicism
compliment
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Carol Lee |