Official Stoic thought of the day

[beargonefishing]

I came here to do two things, **** and ********. We are almost out of sex.

Bear, Bear Porridge for that Trick Ass Goldilocks

 

[Harold falcon]

“What is your vocation? To be a good person.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

 

[Harold falcon]

"Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind - for they can't be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything. "

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

 

[Harold falcon]

“How beautifully Plato put it, whenever you want to talk about people it’s best to take a bird’s-eye view and see everything all at once. Of gatherings, armies, farms, weddings and divorces, births and deaths, noisy courtrooms or silent spaces, every foreign peoples, holidays, memorials, markets, all blended together and arranged in a pairing of opposites.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

 

[Harold falcon]

“He can’t serve in the military? Let him seek public office. Must he be in the private sector? Let him be a spokesman. Is he condemned to silence? Let him aid his fellow citizens by serving as a silent witness. Is it dangerous to enter the forum? Let him display himself, in private homes, at public events and gatherings, as a good associate, faithful friend, and moderate table mate. Has he lost the duties of a citizen? Let him exercise those of a human being.”

Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind.

 

[beargonefishing]

"It's raining tacos
From out of the sky
Tacos
No need to ask why
Just open your mouth and close your eyes
It's raining tacos"

Parry Gripp and BooneBum, Youtube 2014

 

[Harold falcon]

“Why then are we offended? Why do we complain? This is what we’re here for.”

Seneca, On Providence.

 

[Harold falcon]

“We cry then to God Almighty, ‘how can we escape this agony?’ Fool, don’t you have hands? Or could it be God forgot to give you a pair? Sit and pray your nose doesn’t run? Or rather, just wipe your nose and stop seeking a scapegoat.”

Epictetus, Discourses.

 

[Harold falcon]

“Cicero said that he was “half a prisoner.” But in very truth, never will the wise man resort to so lowly a term, never will be be half a prisoner. He who always possesses an undiminished and stable liberty, being free and his own master and towering over all others. For what can possibly be above him who is above Fortune?”

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life.

 

[Harold falcon]

“Whatever disturbing news is delivered to you, @beargonefishing in mind that no news can ever be relevant to your reasoned choice.”

Epictetus, Discourses.

 

[Harold falcon]

Oh em gee, Good,Bad,Ugly, greatest finale ever.

Raises

 

[Cantaloupe]

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

 

[Harold falcon]

“For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it- my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself.”

Epictetus, Discourses.

 

[Harold falcon]

“You can bind up my legs, but not even Zeus has the power to break my freedom of choice.”

Epictetus, Discourses.

 

[wojt]

“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking at? To what goal are you straining? The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
― Seneca