Thomas Sweeney

“Many popular, rich people realize deep down in their hidden selves that they are not as incredible and wonderful as people think, but they keep it clamped down inside, afraid to let anyone see the truth, including themselves. We applaud ourselves for becoming the room‘s smartest individual when we should be wondering why we were too frightened to associate ourselves with more knowledgeable individuals in the first place.”
― Marcus Epictetus, The Stoic way of Life: The Ultimate Guide of Stoicism to make your Everyday Modern Life Calm, Confident - Master the Art of Living, Emotional Resilience & Perseverance

“When you’re with a person that you care for, draw your attention to them, to the moment you are sharing. Don’t allow your thoughts to be lost in desires or fears of the future. At the same time, don’t forget that everything you have is on loan. Someday you will return it. This makes the present moment all the more important. Why waste your time on the unknowable future when you can find happiness in the present moment? Invest fully in the now so that when change comes, there will be no sense of loss, because you truly got all you could from the time that you had.”
― Matthew Van Natta, The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity