Failure shows us the way — by showing us what isn’t the way. - Ryan Holiday

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Moderation. Being present. Knowing your limits.

This is the key.

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If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters — don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself.” — EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a

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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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The best journals aren’t for the reader. They are for the writer. To slow the mind down. To wage peace with oneself.

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