Remember

Posted on July 11, 2024June 24, 2024 by Simon

Memento Mori: Remember you will die. Aloysius Pendergast... Read More

An Easy Plan

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Simon

”If it is not right, don’t do it: if it is not true don’t say it.” Marcus Aurelius... Read More

Zen Friday III

Posted on June 16, 2023June 1, 2023 by Simon

“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.” Marcus Aurelius... Read More

Make a Difference

Posted on October 17, 2022October 12, 2022 by Simon

“Have little interest in what makes no difference.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Tulips at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.... Read More

Tolerance

Posted on January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 by Simon

“Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others.” Marcus Aurelius... Read More

No Opinion

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 by Simon

“Remember you always have the option of having no opinion.” Marcus Aurelius... Read More

Passion

Posted on June 28, 2021June 23, 2021 by Simon

“Be free of passion and yet full of love.” Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor & Stoic... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Mot Juste

Posted on August 5, 2020July 1, 2020 by Simon

Mot juste Mot juste, noun: The exact or appropriate word or words. It is a French phrase sometimes used in English to signal literacy and that you have found the perfect word. Example: “Train wr... Read More

Anger

Posted on September 20, 2019September 7, 2019 by Simon

“Getting angry is a weakness.” Adapted from a Marcus Aurelius quote in The Daily Stoic by Holiday and Hanselman.... Read More

Shaping Your Mind

Posted on June 11, 2019May 7, 2019 by Simon

“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in it.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations From The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman... Read More

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