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“Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?”
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“There is, I assure you, a medical art for the soul. It is philosophy, whose aid need not be sought, as in bodily diseases, from outside ourselves. We must endeavor with all our resources and all our strength to become capable of doctoring ourselves.”
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“The first of the
line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe in our power. Nay, of a surety, there is something else which plays a part: it is because we are in love with our vices; we uphold them and prefer to make excuses for them rather than shake them off. We mortals have been endowed with sufficient strength by nature, if only we use this strength, if only we concentrate our powers and rouse them all to help us or at least not to hinder us. The reason is unwillingness, the excuse, inability.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
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