We suffer more in our imagination than in reality.
Seneca
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
What Do You Think
Me from Myself — to banish
Me from Myself — to banish
Me from Myself — to banish —
Had I Art —
Impregnable my Fortress
Unto All Heart —
But since Myself — assault Me —
How have I peace
Except by subjugating
Consciousness?
And since We're mutual Monarch
How this be
Except by Abdication —
Me — of Me?
by Emily Dickinson
Education Par Excellence
“The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will. ... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.”
William James
Replacing Leaders
In the military it is the responsibility of any leader at any level to train their replacement as if they'll be a casualty at any moment. Dictators collect power as if they'll live forever and if they pass their power off to anyone it is usually their children, who they see as the embodiment of themselves.
True Happiness
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
Seneca (Roman philosopher)
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