The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

Most rudeness, meanness, and cruelty are a mask for deep-seated weakness. Kindness in these situations is only possible for people of great strength. You have that strength. Use it.

Indifference is solid middle ground.

Alexander the Great—one of the most passionate and ambitious men who ever lived—was buried in the same ground as his mule driver.

We should enjoy this brief time we have on earth—not be enslaved to emotions that make us miserable and dissatisfied.

If we raise our voice because we feel we’re being confronted, naturally a confrontation will ensue.

Our reaction is what actually decides whether harm has occurred.

these situations require our participation, context, and categorization in order to be “bad.”

So stop acting like getting worked up is having an impact on a given situation. Situations don’t care at all.

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