“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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“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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“The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
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“There was a large crowd around us, and every face in it looked happy. We had little opportunity to talk until we reached the woods, where there were no flowers and no people.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
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