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A good reputation is useless in such a world.
Del Ray Kochon • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: the New Translation
Epicurus practiced "medical philosophy" and insisted that just as the doctor treats the body, the philosopher must treat the soul. In his view, there was only one proper goal of philosophy: to alleviate human misery.
Irvin D. Yalom • Staring at the Sun
“Monsieur Mayor,” said the bishop, “I am in this world to care not for my life, but for souls.”
Victor Hugo • Les Miserables (Les Misérables)
Robert Stephano
Max Harms • Crystal Society (Crystal Trilogy Book 1)
“Philosophy isn’t a parlor trick or made for show. It’s not concerned with words, but with facts. It’s not employed for some pleasure before the day is spent, or to relieve the uneasiness of our leisure. It shapes and builds up the soul, it gives order to life, guides action, shows what should and shouldn’t be done—it sits at the rudder steering
... See moreRyan Holiday • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
Father Quixote replied to the image which he watched in the glass. If he was to be shot he preferred the back of the neck to the face, for the face in its way is the mirror image of God.
Graham Greene • Monsignor Quixote
M. ARONNAX, Professor in the Museum of Paris,
Jules Verne • Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
great Stoic teacher, Musonius Rufus.