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A Dozen Things Learned from Seneca The Younger About Venture Capital, Startups, Business and Life (LINK) Related Kindle book: Complete Works of Seneca the Younger [For more from Seneca, see the first 5 listed books HERE.] Related previous post: Stoicism...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations: Treat what you don’t have as nonexistent. Look at what you have, the things you value most, and think of how much you’d crave them if you didn't have them. But be careful. Don’t feel such satisfaction that you start to overvalue...
- Seneca Quote
“Let us go to our sleep with joy and gladness; let us say 'I have lived; the course which Fortune set for me is finished.' And if God is pleased to add another day, we should welcome it with glad hearts. That man is happiest, and is secure in...
- Seneca Quote
“Never have I put my trust in Fortune, even when she appeared to be offering peace; all those gifts she bestowed on me in her kindness—money, position, influence—I stored where she would be able to reclaim them with no disturbance to me.” –Seneca,...
- Nassim Taleb On Seneca
From the end of Russ Roberts’ interview with Nassim Taleb: RR: Here's a little postscript. You wanted to say something else about Seneca. Go ahead. NT: Most people don't understand what Stoic is. They think that a stoic wants to sort of be...
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Seneca quote
"...why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand of myself that I should not crave? And why should I crave? Shall I heap up my winnings, and forget that man's lot is unsubstantial? For what end should I toil? Lo, to-day is the last; if not, it is near the last." -Seneca
- Links
A Dozen Things Learned from Seneca The Younger About Venture Capital, Startups, Business and Life (LINK) Related Kindle book: Complete Works of Seneca the Younger [For more from Seneca, see the first 5 listed books HERE.] Related previous post: Stoicism...
- Marcus Aurelius Quote
From Meditations: Treat what you don’t have as nonexistent. Look at what you have, the things you value most, and think of how much you’d crave them if you didn't have them. But be careful. Don’t feel such satisfaction that you start to overvalue...
- Seneca Quote
“Let us go to our sleep with joy and gladness; let us say 'I have lived; the course which Fortune set for me is finished.' And if God is pleased to add another day, we should welcome it with glad hearts. That man is happiest, and is secure in...
- Seneca Quote
“Never have I put my trust in Fortune, even when she appeared to be offering peace; all those gifts she bestowed on me in her kindness—money, position, influence—I stored where she would be able to reclaim them with no disturbance to me.” –Seneca,...
- Nassim Taleb On Seneca
From the end of Russ Roberts’ interview with Nassim Taleb: RR: Here's a little postscript. You wanted to say something else about Seneca. Go ahead. NT: Most people don't understand what Stoic is. They think that a stoic wants to sort of be...