#stoics

Be Contented

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. —Buddha

Is there such a thing as a cheerful pessimist? That’s what I am. —Charlie Munger

Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. —Marcus Aurelius

It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is. —Bruce Lee

You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you. —Robert Greene

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out —Buddha

The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free, that is the task. —André Gide

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha. —Bodhidharma

Apocalypse is the eye of a needle, through which we pass into a different world. —George Zebrowski

Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination. —Nassim Nicholas Taleb