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Seneca formulierte dies so treffend: „Die Lust neigt sich in jäher Beschleunigung dem Schmerze zu, wenn sie nicht Maß hält.“
Magnus Ziogas • Das Stoiker Mindset
“if you wish to be rich, do not add to your money but subtract from your desire.”
-epicurus
take every liberty;
Lucius Annaeus Seneca • Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium
Die stoische Philosophie lehrt uns, dass Lust nicht aktiv verfolgt, sondern als neutral betrachtet werden sollte – weder gut noch schlecht an sich.
Magnus Ziogas • Das Stoiker Mindset
I choose to trust God’s justice instead of wanting to deal with Larry myself.
Rachael Denhollander • What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
LIU SHIH-LI says, “Since fullness always leads to emptiness, avoid satisfaction. Since sharpness always leads to dullness, avoid zeal. Since gold and jade always lead to worry, avoid greed. Since wealth and honor encourage excess, avoid pride. Since success and fame bring danger, know when to stop and where lies the mean. You don’t have to live in
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. That comes from Seneca, the Roman philosopher who was born in 5 B.C. It’ll be worth repeating for another two thousand years, at least.
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
If you give luck and risk their proper respect, you realize that when judging people’s financial success—both your own and others’—it’s never as good or as bad as it seems.