"How long I am to exist is not mine to decide, but how long I shall go on existing in my present way is in my own control." #Seneca#Stoic#Philosophy#StoicPhilosophy
"Every guilty person is his own hangman." #Seneca#Stoic#Philosophy#Stoicism#StoicPhilosophy
It's a common theme in Stoic writings that punishment following crimes is self-imposed because people feel guilty.
"the truth will never be discovered if we rest contented with discoveries already made"
"Men [...] before us are not out masters, but our guides."
- Seneca
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"It is absurd to run towards death because you are tired of life, when it is your manner of life that has made you run towards death" - Seneca quoting Epicurus
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"How many things are superfluous we fail to realize until they begin to be wanting; we merely used them not because we needed them but because we had them." #Seneca#Stoic#Philosophy#Stoicism#StoicPhilosophy