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Edward VI, the only legitimate son of the infamous Henry VIII, became England’s first genuinely Protestant monarch at the mere age of nine.
“very often a man’s whole life alters course because of a moment’s hesitation. That instant is like a fold made down the middle of a sheet of paper. In it, the underside becomes upmost, and what was once visible is hidden forever.”
― Spring Snow
― Spring Snow
“Be still, my heart; thou hast known worse than this. On that day when the cyclops, unrestrained in fury, devoured the mighty men of my of my company; but still thou didst endure till thy craft found a way for thee forth from out the cave, where thou thoughtest to die.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“To be unconquerable by anything, we must be willing to lose everything.
Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
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Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
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“We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind—for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.52”
― The Daily Stoic
― The Daily Stoic
“There's no doubt that he'll be heading straight for tragedy. It will be beautiful, of course, but should he throw his whole life away as a sacrificial offering to such a fleeting beauty—like a bird in flight glimpsed from a window?”
― Spring Snow
― Spring Snow
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