When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

— Viktor Frankl

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March 24th: There Is Philosophy in Everything

“Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active—suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.”
—Epictetus, Discourses, 3.21.5–6

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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

— Thomas Jefferson

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Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

— Aristotle

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March 22nd: The Sign of True Education

“What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to apply our natural preconceptions to the right things according to Nature, and beyond that to separate the things that lie within our power from those that don’t.”
—Epictetus, Discourses, 1.22.9–10a

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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life.

— Marcus Aurelius

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The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

— Christopher McCandless

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