Quotes I've found interesting

It was this thing that happened today. But other things happen other days. Things will happen tomorrow.

Shane Botwin,   Weeds, s05e10

Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has.

Marguerite Yourcenar,   Memoirs of Hadrian

Undergo hardship voluntarily. Then, you will be better prepared for life’s involuntary hardships.

Unknown  

Is time you enjoyed wasting really wasted time?

Neil Parischa  

Excess in anything becomes a fault.

Seneca  

When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic Email, 4/16/2021

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

Seneca  

There’s no reason to rush through bedtime. There’s no reason to rush through anything or to anywhere. Because what we’re rushing from is our children and the limited time we get with them — the amount of which is never guaranteed.

Ryan Holiday,   Daily Stoic - How the Pandemic Changed Me as a Parent

No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.

Marcus Aurelius  

People were so easily fooled. All you had to do was give them a reason to believe something and they would almost always do so.

Terry Brooks,   The Last Druid