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"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."―Epictetus
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.—Seneca
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.—Seneca
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.―Seneca
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.―Marcus Aurelius
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.―Epictetus


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A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions. By thoughts I mean specifically “chatter in the skull”... perpetual and compulsive repetition of words... of reckoning and calculating.

I’m not saying thinking is bad. Like everything else, it’s useful in moderation. A good servant, but a bad master - and all so called civilized peoples have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive. Through excessive thinking, they have lost touch with reality.

Most of us would have rather money than tangible wealth... and a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed... and to read about it the next day in the newspaper is oddly more fun for us than the original event. This is a disaster.

To get in touch with reality there is an art of meditation... It is the art of temporarily silencing the mind... of stopping the “chatter in the skull”. Of course you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flat iron. Water become cool and clear only when left alone.
-Alan Watts

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”


"I've spent my life in motion. Relentlessly pushing forward. Headfirst, into the unknown. I've accepted every challenge. Hobnobbed with royalty. Stood beside legends. I've loved, and lost. And learned to love again. I've squeezed every drop of juice out of this life. I'm ready, for the next one."

S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.
("If I thought that my reply were given to anyone who might return to the world,
this flame would stand forever still;
but since never from this deep place has anyone returned alive,
if what I hear is true, without fear of infamy I answer thee.")
--Caecilius