Test your impressions
From the very beginning, make it your practice to say to every harsh impression, 'you are an impression and not at all what you appear to be.' Next, examine and test it by the rules you posses, the first and greatest of which is this - whether it belongs to the things in our control or not in our control, and if the latter, be prepared to respond, 'It is nothing to me.' EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 1..
The cost of accepting counterfeits
When it comes to money, where we feel our clear interest, we have an entire art where the tester uses many means to discover the worth. just as we give great attention to judging things that might steer us badly. But when it comes to our own ruling principle, we yawn and doze off, accepting any appearance that flashes by without counting the cost EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.20.8; 11 우리가 이득이 있다고 느끼는..
Expect to change your opinions
There are two things that must be rooted out in human beings - arrogant opinion and mistrust. Arrogant opinion expects that there is nothing further needed, and mistrust assumes that under the torrent of circumstance there can be no happiness. EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.14.8 인간에게서 뿌리를 뽑아야 할 두 가지는 오만과 불신이다. 오만은 더 이상 필요한 것이 없다고 생각하고, 불신은 폭풍 같은 상황에서 행복할 수 없다고 결론 내려버린다.
Prepare yourself for negativity
When you first rise in the morning tell yourself. I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don't know the difference between good and evil. Because I have understood the beauty of good and the ugliness of evil, I know that these wrong-doers are still akin to me... and that none can do me harm, or i..
Trust, but verify
First off, don't let the force of impression carry you away. Say to it, "hold up a bit and let me see who you are and where you are from - let me put you to the test" EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.18.24 우선, 감정의 힘에 끌려가지 말아요! 이렇게 말하세요. "잠깐! 넌 누구며 어디서 왔는지 보여줘. 나는 너를 테스트해 해야겠어"
Don't let this go to your head
Make sure you're not made 'Emperor', avoid that imperial stain. It can happen to you, so keep yourself simple, good, pure, saintly, plain, a friend of justice, god-fearing, gracious, affectionate, and strong for your proper work. Fight to remain the person that philosophy wished to make you. Revere the gods, and look after each other. Life is short - the fruit of this life is a good character an..
Deceived and divided
Circumstances are what deceive us - you must be discerning in them. We embrace evil before good. We desire the opposite of what we once desired. Our prayers are at war with our prayers, our plans with our plans. SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 45.6 당신은 '상황이 우리를 속이는 것을' 분별력 있게 살펴봐야 합니다. 우리는 선보다 악을 받아들입니다. 우리는 한번 원했던 것의 반대의 것을 갈망합니다. 우리의 기도는 우리의 기도와, 우리의 계획은 우리의 계획과 마찰합니다. 종종 우리는 서로 대립하는 욕망을 계획으로 가지고 있습니다...
Be wary of what you let in
Drama, combat, terror, numbness, and subservience - every day these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your mind entertains them uncritically or lets them slip in. MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATION, 10.9 '드라마, 전투, 공포, 복종 ' 당신의 마음이 비판 없이 이런 것들을 받아들이고 빠져들 때, 당신의 신성한 원칙을 파괴합니다.