2026-09-17T08:28:11Z https://nostr.now Ancient Wisdom https://nostr.now/npub1sages7tvxdmmtu9gadt80dk2jzws767l30r6xntq39ffhrp0ytlsax9yar https://image.nostr.build/324c755cabca82e22c2cfad1834d8c1c67c13ecf1fb1ba046ef2701e3a1447cc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/324c755cabca82e22c2cfad1834d8c1c67c13ecf1fb1ba046ef2701e3a1447cc.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfkxnzkwz3nlcgucmmf5l20ueklrxkevylvrpr0xmpfuldk8sealgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307du6rkl "Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards." —Diogenes 2026-10-28T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw7839mwkq92myje56yss0hfd3regqkla9snr589jv2ky39kck4ngzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307t9s4ym "Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not, ‘This is misfortune,’ but, ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’" —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-27T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pkxudtr4s00s9s25t7prer5e20u8fql5usujsetwgvph06ukpsqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307nm04ru "Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems." —Epictetus 2026-10-27T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgr0e86q2qv3v4gzqq63eehrrap6vaftsv75z8hya0chm3cfnq3mszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307cy82dl "Everything hangs on one’s thinking…a man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is." —Seneca 2026-10-27T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5099s7l6w80ehkvcqkx932lqleslw4rneaasm9kv47ja3f3xmqqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307usy33f "To be even-minded is the greatest virtue." —Heraclitus 2026-10-26T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs990c4rta7z33wzysa95scz9llevxj5qecyeukzkeh9wu6srj9zugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307lnkhwu "The greatest remedy for anger is delay." —Seneca 2026-10-26T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw2uajufhl43lz7uxrf5qartjc5yug5ygfga68napyxevek0czcugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307nnla2f "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 2026-10-26T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdtsqgkkqxughram7ll5x03t3hjqy2h86wcvfqxfh2sada9v07lgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307wxrree "Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do." —Cicero 2026-10-25T21:21:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2pg4u9yk20msgeya8zq9gcvraehlq2fxu9mkyy9c0hc9lunawzyczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307zaq50m "Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do." —Cicero 2026-10-25T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8y0x7gh06rg0agz7dm0en7nfr7y72upw6dv8klh0djtpvwczr7tszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307jj6kr2 "Recognize that if something is humanly possible, you can do it too." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-25T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspw0pk9qpzcyyjhrzuk008q8e8nzepxus9dga6wmajzduxg6ygy4qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3078ajkjq "All cruelty springs from weakness." —Seneca 2026-10-24T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszs54pwpvhujsyvz894ssr5qqdg7h3tfhfh5glxaq5r5n0qdryrvczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307mwgks8 "To be even-minded is the greatest virtue." —Heraclitus 2026-10-24T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglyeyzr73a7e40r8s4e30wnnt8u6kfqux6zhgftcm6ddua6wsfsgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307y4xp5p "Anyone who can make you angry becomes your master." —Epictetus 2026-10-24T03:21:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlpem8pakdxyk5hy998mp02e3y84e66yutw3v74kd4a80zvnhvhszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307snpssq "Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates 2026-10-23T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttsdkcv70njxp7hwhf6pctlxvwzlgf9fm6nvppu8jw44hgaesn4gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307gtr8vz "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-23T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg8g7d89ah5y3yltx4chssuy4urdz3sufmnh8uzp3zfkjyy3qe0szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307zf3506 "Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen." —Anaxagoras 2026-10-23T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ca2jxav2z445ptdd607h0mq75arfhe8ty5tapukxhcuz8fnkqjczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ums355 "The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno 2026-10-22T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs26yzpzcym884vudhr68uyww0e0n2a9thk3n2sp9rtg40xrhvhvdszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307uvwdrp "The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately." —Seneca 2026-10-22T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmxl4yffn0mzamq8s6qx7efnneyqawfwf7q3dh43waxn30cpshcszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3077shmjl "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." —Plato 2026-10-22T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ff2gyt2nj97ec6txxs2n853jg02hx69aah52wa628uwla4554wszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3073tx5rv "Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing." —Seneca 2026-10-21T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstun9ggmse3gzkg6stecl8phr06y0xz8f9uxtq04tyt5w9pk3kynszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3076x7v0g "All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato 2026-10-21T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq3q2ltsykdfwe7md26vhhglhce7s73m28en5x3cqty7a5y0r7ljgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307dmxg84 "Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." —Aristotle 2026-10-21T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx7cl0eyxtw9dmxyynufdgyl9h44wddk74rh69gaa0hdj9ks5q3rgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u30786hz59 "Don’t be overheard complaining…not even to yourself." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-20T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxl49xhkh6rjx9grp68h7gnwju3ftljehkcef9gjnkjpheuq6v0dqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307eqgtrh "It is essential that we not respond impulsively… take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control." —Epictetus 2026-10-20T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkw4k3h9yt5mhsft8af3qvh4n4d4snetzhn8vzhe5ny88m64uvwqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pqe8p9 "Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." —Plato 2026-10-20T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxn48nwxcn8nf52kl8vpl8cdrtxjae7a03fv0sskg7xppvq6a34zgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307gwu7xt "Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?" —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-19T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxh4y5z49lt7qg2thz4l5uz9qunz9r8a30qrzrqrr0wsrmmp0takczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3076tz3qe "Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates 2026-10-19T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnt6jrusfucatzqhmemgvtem9x6n7ujed0qcp20455v9wks7vj9szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307cdxsp5 "The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-19T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8nw5x78pxkyngehs4jumfkzuvgcgxm8wxpzk3xywax2ge4uuwccczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307duxjp8 "The only thing I know is that I know nothing." —Socrates 2026-10-18T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fas328ferujukt7az0czlw39yujsgq5etuvt59xh2j9hr40qehgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3079uq9t8 "Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light." —Thales 2026-10-18T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjlwtlpl2tz7v7v9zxj4nnhpzv2jxxy0wprdk3pgwpd60df9e8nqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pu72a9 "As fire tests gold, so misfortunate tests brave men." —Seneca 2026-10-18T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvhdrksmxtfcalhyhzgr7k6g2l8kf43eaq9s6wa4ytt2t322536wszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307cx36re "One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary." —Heraclitus 2026-10-17T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd6a4ul3anwt9rzjheegve0k0q8wua6x98pdxyfhdzyj7w9nk3ugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307egtgux "What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-17T12:21:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfjglquj0dznpvrg8yqhz7cx40e3d98t97z7tvzlh7pm4f3626l4gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rzz9fg "There is truth in wine and children." —Plato, Phaedrus 2026-10-17T03:21:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0hppjwxwyc4w4wc08ll9wyn9yuy7wd8axtuxde6ph0tapty0mryqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307lfxsr5 "A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca 2026-10-16T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqylfrjng6qhc6kkzkk2k5mg70jxwt09lwfczn64l96kgqwlujwtczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pqmnw6 "Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates 2026-10-16T12:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszap7a49kq3t3ghy4utkxx84dazxq7ltjcgcnu8cn46tq2408lg0szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307mfklne "A humble art affords us daily bread." —Nero 2026-10-16T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfy6qpxpsx2rafdn0nezdjkqny69enmg8j5kqj7jjx3d2z3hx9xcczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307uzwwrp "Better to do a little well than a great deal badly." —Socrates 2026-10-15T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qf4khh3zmctagu8eys5642u36j3p88dlghj35hcyu26chk76yrgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307den9jy "All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato 2026-10-15T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vltg3hxfjr0edxtfnvy5w3w277n87sxdj967pwhj7ne2z67h0jgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307lz20kw "If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain." —Augustus 2026-10-15T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xxuqxwknpgantq7uvnuqfpdz2whx3dgfufwv020530uzsv2krmqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307xwrd09 "First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." —Epictetus 2026-10-14T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9y24k99fal4ya4r0lethcqrakje0566c2t8zfu9z33kf03fqzcugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3076hneq5 "A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence." —Pythagoras 2026-10-14T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8u7zgve8lkd7hes393wpv0rvax2g9xp56gcwnhzth29395m7z6czyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307grth8h "To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare oneself to die." —Cicero 2026-10-14T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zlgcu6m35dfsfrg04jy37ttsm3arzxf6mjep2sl3trhuddvr29szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ul082c "We must take a higher view of all things, and bear with them more easily: it better becomes a man to scoff at life than to lament over it." —Seneca 2026-10-13T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr9xu7044ukd2lfhu4ctu0zjqt5657x5xqgrhk4mx466824cc7nyszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307mmk28h "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 2026-10-13T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgm0e63md9hgehxlm9v39lqzqjm7hy804328matvw3swfncxqhq6gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rfrhd3 "As fire tests gold, so misfortunate tests brave men." —Seneca 2026-10-12T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd54n5euxvtpycyt22dfku4vn8e0x33gv6lzmdhshj9vnaf7xe75qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rj648x "Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you." —Epictetus 2026-10-12T12:21:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr22vpjstvfkq5gz0zzngty7rrk5k45ksqpzkvdck4qx85hk5y6mgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307x66lrf "It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-11T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqvhts7vl4lmsmd8mfs5xtu7knpxh9skrskafhzdryslxv64z2nhgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3072f2h6e "People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy." —Seneca 2026-10-11T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsryx8zuxaefltleh9d3qwse0p0dynr8d3pjgc8dk9gfvmqpf208vqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rpnphq "If you don’t have consistent goal in life, you can’t live it in a consistent way." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-10T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdvegafxnnpe0lmuhj2lanv8va93vn24v58pgxa4vzl8u6lwj0uzqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307lcu32g "To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden." —Seneca 2026-10-10T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7ms82exn4uu005g4ewgng3rgc8hgxvc6r45qy3rncr4nll6l23gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pzegdf "The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-10T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9hunjl6zc5k75dvs9ys3egset64ad7qcyhng9qgwcp6pjqz6cf0gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307600vzs "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-09T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr252ny6a06tz9aat9najt54epunnmnpjpyhcvdc5klljqam7rd3gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307xjzs3m "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself." —Seneca 2026-10-09T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9y4ay3mw6mw6tvyuh4m7n0ljp5yy6jdh09d4w343ced6avh6plzqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3078fxvwk "How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" —Seneca 2026-10-09T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqth2asth5h6cr4dcqcy7r4w2uzejjg6m4rymjc6dj03ljf0kjkugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307h5lrd4 "Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?" —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-08T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsppqtqv6vl6athn8va9erdpuvxlnwwswlt2d0l0vsnw2au0z4teqszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3077rj7xx "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this, you have the power to revoke at any moment." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-08T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrjnwg0gp3dalwk8ncanp9ldt77u798qxhn65cu9e2mru0f53ayczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3078tsy9w "Courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato 2026-10-08T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxw34ck8atjv0gr09rmh9cay6vzenlejcfg5pnq5q4la9jng8xgqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ngydsh "Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature." —Plato, The Symposium 2026-10-07T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw9yrt3mjhzsu3l3dc88qfncfjx3p0hpsafjxza67ee72qunw3pnczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ryr5jk "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." —Aristotle 2026-10-07T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7l8uvhfql4yshrrm542925q7cq2nds3d272q66l6q6ah7vp68vqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307k374zx "Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control." —Epictetus 2026-10-07T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0nh0ztkfju5l4ggwxrdre6vrnqy8uvp8h7retn4uvtmk9lyklqczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pnvapy "There is truth in wine and children." —Plato, Phaedrus 2026-10-06T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0q8d76s576rnydtlcwdc09ll8t79e4jfv7q0cej7j6kz7g8ad9szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307vz2aaq "Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance." —Epicurus 2026-10-06T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdx8jylsfgnx5r0llsskp2t2ez4xapjr7m8qh6pdsu82zd2rf6ruszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307572wa8 "He who conquers his passions is master of his own worlds." —Hierocles 2026-10-06T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8r9vlyh8u6rt8205qnfedhyckcjnsmy7ucyq5zaakh72rtm08amszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307y6mcry "Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older." —Seneca 2026-10-05T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5yf8jhxqa0cta7d4mnczx9lervnqjmgfctftal0xfdajjqqz4gqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ley5gt "As a matter of self-perseveration, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task." —Diogenes 2026-10-05T12:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtpqgtw7vmnrxszdykvntj26rjf4meyfc0tw8szdsf4e3fg9xjyqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307w3ck7r "He who has equipped himself for the whole of life does not need to be advised concerning each separate thing, because he is now trained to meet his problem as a whole; for he knows not merely how he should live with his wife or his son, but how he should live aright." —Aristo Of Chios 2026-10-04T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswr77pq7tdasgy8g80ad3l62ggm8dmn4z5zd0hcpulv4rr6jj86kgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307kcu8w2 "As long as you live, keep learning how to live." —Seneca 2026-10-04T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2qj992hfym50phrwshgwvqjxjv6nj6pr345c4pq3tsz6mm0ej5qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307437emp "Deaths that are greater, greater portions gain." —Heraclitus 2026-10-04T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9hm9uc7m0cwjeshe4k4wdzpm6gugeyzlzamc0wj5wh4yx20sqjjgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307w8f3yt "How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" —Seneca 2026-10-03T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw2ewthx8vgjpknh4u7nzzknwghs4kgmd6usxq0vflx2gsgshfxsszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307unmadk "Misfortune nobly born is good fortune." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-03T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp89fpg9a6nez7u5chwktgtntn8mhs5h2whl79f63tt65cv53xmmgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307k52tve "What we do now echoes in eternity." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-03T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2yrgj6rnzmwa0rudxf0fmv9tah0l5y74csvq3gqzxg8h53mezrszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ullrdm "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 2026-10-02T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95rn9ed5vrvlcc8ztdvhxjkcvawxdk9xkjq3fhpkt6yj3v60209szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3077x25s8 "Nothing beautiful without struggle." —Plato, The Republic 2026-10-02T12:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfx5xe3zwgasj9nk6y78t3l66crus62xx8eue6jq50n22a7dvgg2szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3073hcs45 "Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-10-02T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kmf58ap3jnh2dgj90xlp48wy9559s22umy0njnya0krexkqse9qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3074p8jg6 "The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future." —Epicurus 2026-10-01T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstjejfmpydl3mvqc6jhrk3rmqe2pukz203xas3f3kaxk4zyug9mfszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rqqlae "The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself." —Augustine Of Hippo 2026-10-01T12:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswfhd0hfe6au6fugtmkc77s9j279perhn52dzffpmxs32v0uz0vvczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307mfh0ul "Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you." —Epictetus 2026-10-01T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv26w8z3902qww4sfwptg393646a4saqp5j5qge8mgm4nt2h2clmgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ze367c "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today." —Seneca 2026-09-30T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspashp6fadaqeh2g84jar5xxs28nr2w3ctydcaq0u65rcn83s8cdczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307xfw6sw "If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." —Seneca 2026-09-30T12:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83zt3jvdztrnwz9tvvasq4gevhradufppl4lpglt3rh0eac6rhnqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307n00dak "Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves." —Epictetus 2026-09-30T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszuldlyepjwc2w04mqj075n5ldwhfy5r6t3rmeag7se3csuwlks2czyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307pcczht "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." —Epictetus 2026-09-29T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5g9zsg7f8k9mh4aushmqkkgfsdxa8e6n6wjfsdfh65r4rea3wqgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307rxnygt "No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it." —Seneca 2026-09-29T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9gj0kmnra3npxh4z5fecfuajcw6u8dsrjfynv3yje4dn9vn3vl7czyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307yp0070 "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-09-29T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgczph4k02jkx8yuuy2f4ylesckfcvkga934ek2mszurftlft00xgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307v6tw9p "Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow." —Cicero 2026-09-28T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdvr629keg4qyylna5dumtfaesstnec4y95hruv8ucwfmernngugzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u30790na64 "All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato 2026-09-28T12:21:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2eyhtyffj4udx64t9w868r7nuv4dxdyyvt0uqrxdd8c9ul6vyuuqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ccx598 "Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-09-28T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyylujrkymk7ek0h3rukkyzjqtk77wawj6ln6wmuard889uhpehsgzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3072tuec4 "If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." —Seneca 2026-09-27T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv0u8phj577hcu699frs4e0qa76hlj82t0hj23n3hc2dp80htfacqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3070zhjav "Devote the rest of your life to making progress." —Epictetus 2026-09-26T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2xgtgwgqusp4mf0rqvlz488vk2ehv4vr3hjaga3ueta4elgy3sczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3072njzuw "'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 2026-09-26T12:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsywqw2nsa6zsknuhgvl2ufru4kxupmt6rlp0vcm64vkmr9j3hrhxszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307gpwsa6 "The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-09-26T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqcmh3an3atey9y0va4pavr74qzr50tu4gdrk9l23y08ez600e33qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3075yg7yz "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." —Aristotle 2026-09-25T12:21:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftk3axkndtksz3ghkufvf698pz0lq8h4m93p0pcgct8ddghn55fqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307qg29aj "Well-being is attained little by little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself." —Zeno Of Citium 2026-09-25T03:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkrdt43mj4e3zm55d4ktg0qc6jgx2hrjz54hrrw0yykm9kpm72eszyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307f6pfqw "From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself, separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do—now." —Epictetus 2026-09-24T21:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2n8wjj2tsuwht6xjlmwpwtlydr7g44vmf4fy6xwxm2y44utrjp7czyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307fs86zx "A humble art affords us daily bread." —Nero 2026-09-24T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ncue34763xm47ss8q0sfsqlxgv0g3uj3scwydyulhnwtu6kk83gzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307uchpvw "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will." —Epictetus 2026-09-24T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkdfzhmu67ept20x2uzn8gm0fz0nyp5h6hg04eqvdz9xwgfq9m4qzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u307ym6nz5 "Wait for that wisest of all counselors: time." —Pericles 2026-09-23T21:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0vgh0amdn0x7kxq9vr8v6rnhvf46whp9q6zq0u4rg0v473hrtg3szyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3079qfh2g "The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable." —Seneca 2026-09-23T12:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmq2g2fc2w3vrtpzfgdxqsd9ss77v84t0kvth2ep3a75850q8kuqzyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u3079uaf3x "Above all things, respect yourself." —Pythagoras 2026-09-23T03:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0azg472prk647yeguszs2vtppj2h6de7u4gpx2v8mqaxhvxgh9zczyzr4rxredseh0d0s4r44vaake2gf6rmtm79u0g6dvzy49xuv9u30709qa03 "If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it." —Marcus Aurelius 2026-09-22T21:21:03Z