Alison

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“If you wish," said he, "to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.”
― Seneca, Letters from a Stoic: All Three Volumes

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“For a delight in bustling about is not industry - it is only the restless energy of a hunted mind. And the state of mind that looks on all activity as tiresome is not true repose, but a spineless inertia.”
― Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

tags: activity, idleness, philosophy, restlessness, stoicism

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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

tags: communism, nazism, post-factual, totalitarianism

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“How can you care about the image of a landscape, when you show by your deeds that you don't care for the landscape itself?”
― William Morris, The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design

tags: earth, landscape, nature-quotes

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“If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. Here and there are people who know how to take good care of themselves, who live joyfully and happily. They are our strongest support. Whatever they do, they do for everyone.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Love

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