🍂 “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩?” 
‘𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.’

Surprisingly it was an easy read.
Looking forward to read more stoic literature.

Quotes :

▪️“𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺.”

▪️“𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.”

Exactly like just because i am not the best in something doesn't mean i have to completely give up. We give our best efforts and we will surely get the results.


▪️“𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵”

▪️“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥.  𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

▪️“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴.”

Here he's talking about taming our desires, if we let them in then they eventually ruin us.

▪️“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵): 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴; 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯; 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺.”