As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Associate with people who are likely to improve you. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

No great thing is created suddenly. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Our life is what our thoughts make it. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

No man is free who is not master of himself. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Confine yourself to the present. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

As long as you live, keep learning how to live. - Seneca #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. - Epictetus #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life. - Marcus Aurelius #stoicism #inspiration #philosophy