Listening accomplishes more than speaking
To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, 'The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less' Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminet Philosophers, 7.1.23 . 헛소리를 하는 젊은이에게 제노가 이렇게 말했습니다. "우리가 귀는 두개인데 입이 한개 뿐인 이유는 더 많이 듣고 덜 말하기 위해서이다.
Try the other handle
Every event has two handles - one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can't. If your brother does you wrong, don't grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead, use the other - that he is your brother, that you were raised together, and then you will have hold of the handle that carries. Epictetus, Enchiridion, 43 . 모든 사건에는 두 개의 손잡이가 있습니다. 하나는..
Life is a battlefield
Don't you know life is like a military campaign? One must serve on watch, another in reconnaissance, another on the front line... So it is for us - each person's life is a kind of battle, and a long and varied one too. You must keep watch like a soldier and do everything commanded... You have been stationed in a key post, not some lowly place, and not for a short time but for life. Epictetus, Di..
a trained mind is better than any script
In this way you must understand how laughable it is to say, 'Tell me what to do!' What advice could I possible give? No, a far better request is, 'Train my mind to adapt to any circumstance.'... In this way, if circumstances take you off script... you won't be desperate for a new prompting Epictetus, Discourses, 2.2.20b-1; 24b-25a . 이런 식으로 '내가 무엇을 해야 할지 말해줘!'라고 말하는 것이 얼마나 우스운 일인지 이해해야 합니다. 제가 무..
If you find something very difficult to achieve yourself, don't imagine it impossible - for anything possible and proper for another person can be achieved as easily by you. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 6.19 . 만약 당신이 성취하기 매우 어려운 일이 있더라도 그것이 불가능하다고 상상하지 마세요. 다른 사람에게 가능하고 적합한 일을 당신도 똑같이 쉽게 성취할 수 있기 때문입니다.
Brick by boring brick
You must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible - and no one can keep you from this. But there will be some external obstacle! Perhaps, but no obstacle to acting with justice, self-control, and wisdom. But what if some other area of my action is thwarted? Well, gladly accept the obstacle for what it is and shift your attention to what..
Finding the right mentors
We like to say that we don't get to choose our parents, that they were given by chance - yet we can truly choose whose children we'd like to be. Seneca, On the Brevity of Life 15.3a . 우리는 부모를 선택할 수 없고, 그들이 우연에 의해 주어졌다고 말하고 싶지만, 사실 우리는 진정으로 누구의 아이가 되고 싶은지 선택할 수 있습니다.