Meditations · Marcus Aurelius
“Stoicism is just a permission slip to feel less and notice more.”
I keep returning to the line about having power over the mind, not events. It's the cheapest gym membership I've ever had.
— Mira
The wall
Reading is a private act with public echoes. These are the echoes.
Meditations · Marcus Aurelius
“Stoicism is just a permission slip to feel less and notice more.”
I keep returning to the line about having power over the mind, not events. It's the cheapest gym membership I've ever had.
— Mira
Walden · Thoreau
“Living deliberately is just deciding twice.”
I read Walden by accident. Now I read it on purpose. Every spring.
— Theo
The Art of War · Sun Tzu
“The loudest move is rarely the strongest one.”
Sun Tzu reads like a builder's manual if you swap 'army' for 'startup'.
— Luca
Tao Te Ching · Laozi
“The empty cup is the useful one.”
Read three verses every morning before opening any app. Best change I made this year.
— Sara
Self-Reliance · Emerson
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
A friend sent me this line when I was about to take a job I didn't want. I didn't take it.
— Yui
Poor Richard's Almanack · Franklin
“Small leaks sink great ships.”
I started reading ten minutes a day instead of doomscrolling. Two months in, I've finished three books.
— Ade
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