external events are ultimately beyond our control, but that we do have control over how we choose to react to those external events.
“As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees.”
― Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking
― Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with ... Critical Thinking
“An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“I shall never repeat such a mistake; I shall never fall into such a trap again.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.”
― Fire with Fire
― Fire with Fire
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.”
― The Prophet The Original 1923 Unabridged and Complete Edition
― The Prophet The Original 1923 Unabridged and Complete Edition
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