Ancient Wisdom

"In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-09-06 21:21:02 GMT

"Don’t be overheard complaining…not even to yourself." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-09-05 21:21:02 GMT

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself." —Seneca

2026-09-04 21:21:02 GMT

"He needs little who desires but little." —Cleanthes

2026-08-30 21:21:02 GMT

"The fates lead the willing but drag the unwilling." —Cleanthes

2026-08-27 21:21:03 GMT

"Excess in anything becomes a fault." —Seneca

2026-08-27 03:21:02 GMT

"You become what you give your attention to." —Epictetus

2026-08-25 21:21:02 GMT

"If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation." —Epictetus

2026-08-25 03:21:02 GMT

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca

2026-08-24 12:21:03 GMT

"The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-24 03:21:04 GMT

"All cruelty springs from weakness." —Seneca

2026-08-22 21:21:03 GMT

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-22 03:21:02 GMT

"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories." —Plato

2026-08-21 03:21:02 GMT

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." —Descartes

2026-08-20 12:21:04 GMT

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." —Aristotle

2026-08-19 12:21:02 GMT

"You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. Don’t expect to encourage good deeds in people conscious of your own misdeeds." —Musonius Rufus

2026-08-16 12:21:02 GMT

"If you don’t have consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-15 21:21:02 GMT

"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-11 21:21:02 GMT

"The highest good is not to seek to do good but to allow yourself to become it." —Hierocles

2026-08-11 03:21:02 GMT

"Let your speech be better than silence, or be silent." —Dionysius

2026-08-10 03:21:03 GMT

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." —Epictetus

2026-08-08 03:21:03 GMT

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." —Seneca

2026-08-07 03:21:06 GMT

"I do not know whether I shall make progress; but I should prefer to lack success rather than to lack faith." —Seneca

2026-08-06 03:21:04 GMT

"There is truth in wine and children." —Plato, Phaedrus

2026-08-05 21:38:51 GMT

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." —Seneca

2026-08-04 21:21:03 GMT

"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-04 12:21:04 GMT

"Wisdom outweighs any wealth." —Sophocles

2026-08-02 21:21:03 GMT

"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-08-01 21:21:03 GMT

"There is no easy way from the earth to the stars." —Seneca

2026-08-01 03:21:02 GMT

"Recognize that if something is humanly possible, you can do it too." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-07-31 03:21:03 GMT

"I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid." —Cato

2026-07-30 21:21:03 GMT

"Man’s character is his fate." —Heraclitus, Fragments

2026-07-29 21:21:03 GMT

"Above all things, respect yourself." —Pythagoras

2026-07-29 03:21:04 GMT

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it." —Epicurus

2026-07-28 21:21:03 GMT

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." —Cicero

2026-07-28 03:21:03 GMT

"Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company." —Seneca

2026-07-27 21:21:03 GMT

"A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence." —Pythagoras

2026-07-27 12:21:03 GMT

"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow." —Cicero

2026-07-27 03:21:03 GMT

"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." —Epictetus

2026-07-26 21:21:02 GMT

"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-07-26 03:21:07 GMT

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca

2026-07-25 12:21:03 GMT

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire." —Epictetus

2026-07-24 21:21:02 GMT

"The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny—it is the light that guides your way." —Heraclitus

2026-07-24 12:21:03 GMT

"Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves." —Epictetus

2026-07-24 03:21:03 GMT

"A single day among the learned lasts longer than the longest life of the ignorant." —Posidonius

2026-07-23 21:21:02 GMT

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each." —Plato

2026-07-23 12:21:03 GMT

"If you don’t have consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-07-22 12:21:03 GMT

"There is truth in wine and children." —Plato, Phaedrus

2026-07-21 21:21:03 GMT

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire." —Epictetus

2026-07-20 12:21:04 GMT

"If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-07-18 21:21:03 GMT

"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories." —Plato

2026-07-18 12:21:04 GMT

"Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." —Plato

2026-07-17 12:21:04 GMT

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child." —Cicero

2026-07-16 21:21:03 GMT

"Well begun is half done." —Aristotle

2026-07-15 03:21:03 GMT

"In anger we should refrain both from speech and action." —Pythagoras

2026-07-13 03:21:02 GMT

"Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the mountains… nowhere can a man find a retreat more peaceful or more free from trouble than his own soul." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-07-10 21:21:03 GMT

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality." —Plutarch

2026-07-09 12:21:08 GMT

"Everything hangs on one’s thinking…a man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is." —Seneca

2026-07-08 03:21:03 GMT

"All cruelty springs from weakness." —Seneca

2026-07-07 03:21:03 GMT

"He who hesitates is lost." —Cato

2026-07-06 21:21:03 GMT

2026-07-05 12:21:04 GMT

"As it is with a play, so it is with life - what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is." —Seneca

2026-07-04 03:21:02 GMT

"Wisdom outweighs any wealth." —Sophocles

2026-07-03 12:21:02 GMT

"In marriage, there must be complete companionship and concern for each other on the part of both husband and wife, in health and in sickness and at all times, because they entered upon the marriage for this reason as well as to produce offspring. When such caring for one another is perfect, and the married couple provides it for one another, and each strives to outdo the other, then this is marriage as it ought to be and deserving of emulation, since it is a noble union. But when one partner looks to his own interests alone and neglects the other’s, or (by Zeus) the other is so minded that he lives in the same house, but keeps his mind on what is outside it, and does not wish to pull together with his partner or to cooperate, then inevitably the union is destroyed, and although they live together their common interests fare badly, and either they finally get divorced from one another or they continue on in an existence that is worse than loneliness." —Rufus

2026-07-02 21:21:04 GMT

"Anyone who can make you angry becomes your master." —Epictetus

2026-07-02 03:21:22 GMT

"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." —Epictetus

2026-07-01 21:21:03 GMT

"Be indifferent to what makes no difference." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-06-29 21:21:03 GMT

"It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work." —Cato The Elder

2026-06-29 12:21:03 GMT

"Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control." —Epictetus

2026-06-29 03:21:03 GMT

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay." —Seneca

2026-06-27 21:21:03 GMT

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." —Descartes

2026-06-27 12:21:03 GMT

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-06-26 12:21:02 GMT

"When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men, too: even if they don’t want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined." —Zeno

2026-06-23 21:21:03 GMT

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish." —Euripides

2026-06-23 03:21:02 GMT

"I do not know whether I shall make progress; but I should prefer to lack success rather than to lack faith." —Seneca

2026-06-22 21:21:29 GMT

"People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die." —Plato

2026-06-22 12:21:04 GMT

"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow." —Cicero

2026-06-21 12:21:03 GMT

"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems." —Epictetus

2026-06-21 03:21:02 GMT

"The measure of a man is what he does with power." —Plato

2026-06-19 21:21:03 GMT

"Think your way through difficulties: harsh conditions can be softened, restricted ones can be widened, and heavy ones can weigh less on those who know how to bear them." —Seneca

2026-06-19 03:21:03 GMT

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not." —Epicurus

2026-06-18 03:21:05 GMT

"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today." —Seneca

2026-06-16 21:21:02 GMT

"The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-06-16 12:21:04 GMT

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

2026-06-15 21:21:03 GMT

"To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden." —Seneca

2026-06-15 03:21:02 GMT

"How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" —Seneca

2026-06-14 03:21:02 GMT

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable." —Seneca

2026-06-13 21:21:03 GMT

"Have I done something for the common good? Then I share in the benefits." —Marcus Aurelius

2026-06-12 21:21:03 GMT

"As fire tests gold, so misfortunate tests brave men." —Seneca

2026-06-12 03:21:03 GMT

"He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive." —Seneca

2026-06-11 03:21:03 GMT

"'Mind over matter' is a powerful expression. Your ability to consciously control your mindset is what makes you mentally tough and ready for life’s challenges. The secret to achieving this resilient state lies in taking control of your thoughts and allowing your thoughts to control your behaviors, not the other way around. Your ability to take control of your emotional responses and live a stoic-inspired life is the secret to success, to your happiness, and to your improved well-being. When you are able to see situations as opportunities and emotional responses as conscious choices—when you realize things don’t happen to you but rather with you—your outlook completely changes. How you see your situation affects and influences how you feel about that situation. You are not merely a byproduct of your circumstances. You are a choosing being who has the ability to determine your emotional responses, which in turn shapes how you view the world, yourselves, and others. But learning to change your perspectives takes practice—practice which will in turn help increase your self-confidence. By practicing cognitive restructuring, you can retrain your brain and create new habits that will make you the master of any situation. When choosing how you feel and react becomes your choice, you will feel more in control. “Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace." —Epictetus

2026-06-09 12:21:04 GMT

2026-06-06 12:21:02 GMT

"You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. Don’t expect to encourage good deeds in people conscious of your own misdeeds." —Musonius Rufus

2026-06-05 21:21:03 GMT

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself." —Hierocles

2026-06-05 03:21:03 GMT

"Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit." —Cato

2026-06-04 12:21:04 GMT

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will." —Epictetus

2026-06-04 03:21:03 GMT

"Only the dead have seen the end of war." —Plato