Casey Spaulding
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The way to peace of mind, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius taught, was in tending the garden of my own mind (by nurturing the positive and weeding out the negative) and disregarding other people’s opinions of and actions towards me.
“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.”
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“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
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“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”
― A Treatise of Human Nature
― A Treatise of Human Nature
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