A sword never kills anything; it's a tool in a killer's hand. Seneca (the Younger) 65 BC
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β€œI deny that riches are a good, for if they were, they would make men good. As it is, since that which is found in the hands of the wicked cannot be called a good, I refuse to apply the term to riches.” -Seneca the Younger
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"Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company." - Seneca the Younger
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"Even while they teach, men learn" - Seneca the Younger
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If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself. - Seneca the Younger quotenova.net/authors/sen…
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"You are younger; but what does that matter? There is no fixed count of our years. You do not know where death awaits you; so be ready for it everywhere." --Seneca
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful" - Seneca the Younger
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"To err is human, but to persist in error (out of pride) is diabolical." ("Errare (Errasse) humanum est, sed in errare (errore) perseverare diabolicum."). - attributed to Seneca the Younger

from wiki:

Sometimes attributed to Seneca the Younger, but not attested: Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum, et tertia non datur (To err is human; to persist [in committing such errors] is of the devil, and the third possibility is not given.) Several authors contemplated the idea before Seneca: Livy Venia dignus error is humanus (Storie, VIII, 35) and Cicero: is Cuiusvis errare: insipientis nullius nisi, in errore perseverare (Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault) (Philippicae XII, ii, 5). Cicero - well-versed in ancient Greek - may well have been alluding to Euripides' play Hippolytus some four centuries earlier.[1] 300 years later Augustine of Hippo recycled the idea in his Sermones (164, 14): Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere.[2] The phrase gained currency in English language after Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1711): "To err is human, to forgive divine." (line 325).

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You are younger; but what does that matter? There is no fixed count of our years. You do not know where death awaits you; so be ready for it everywhere.- Seneca on 'Memento Mori', 'remember that you must die' youtube.com/watch?v=xjsym…
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The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity; for always he has striven to rely predominantly on himself, and to derive all joy from himself. Seneca
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After being near-empty for years, One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY is finally getting some tenants - and getting cleaned up in the meantime! (x-post with r/buffalo)
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β€œThe greatest remedy for anger is delay” - Seneca
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Hanging out on top of the south peak at Seneca Rocks
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Seneca said β€œWe are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” | Half the shit we worry about in life doesn't even end up happening. Overthinking for the most is a waste of time, here is how to stop it.

This is a blog article I wrote years ago, I figured it might help some of you out.

Overthinking is one of the most draining mental ruts that one can find themselves in. It is draining because it feels as if you have lost control of your mind. Your mind will run rampant entertaining the same tired thoughts that you wish to extinguish. If left unchecked, overthinking can lead to unnecessary stress and can ultimately diminish the quality of your life in a major way.

I have come up with 6 effective strategies that you can start implementing as soon as you sense that you are overthinking.

##6. Focus on what’s in your power and disregard what is not##

What often stresses us out the most are things that are not within our power. If you want peace of mind, you must always wage war against the present. Always look for things that you can influence that are within your locus of control.

Instead of stressing out the day before an exam and overthinking about various outcomes, focus on what you can do in the moment. A more fruitful exercise will be to study to the best of your ability, playing the cards that you are dealt as well as you can.

You have a job interview tomorrow and you keep overthinking about the outcome – a waste of time. Spend your time instead on practising common interview questions, perfecting your elevator pitch, and getting your confidence and charisma on point. These are the things that you do have control over, these are the things that are within your domain.

A wedding is coming up in two weeks and you ordered some shoes on Amazon, but you’re afraid that they won’t come in time. Instead of worrying about things outside of your control, start planning for the contingency. Arrange for a plan B – the second pair of shoes – just in case. Always look for things that you can attack in the present moment!

##5. Put things into perspective##

It’s not the end of the world, and you are still alive, so what are you worrying about? There have been countless situations in the past that had you hamstrung, but you overcame them, didn’t you? You have faced adversity before, and you are still here!

The stoic philosopher Seneca once said,

β€œWe are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”

Our minds have a tendency of creating worst-case scenarios. The mind, when left unchecked, will entertain many Armageddons that almost never flourish.

When you notice you

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From Seneca's doctors sending him to Egypt in 20 A.D. to Doc Holliday being advised to head west in the 1870s, tuberculosis sufferers were told dry climates could heal them. How did this ineffective treatment become such a phenomenon, with sanitariums opening-up all over the world?

Tuberculosis killed one out of every seven people up to the dawn of the 19th century. That's a staggering toll that must have had a huge presence in every major city in the world. I imagine huge swaths of the population wandering around, hacking up blood.

Doctors told their many patients that, "dry air," could help. In the United States, huge sanitariums opened up in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and other dry places (but also, conversely, some humid areas like Florida as well). Tens of thousands flocked to these.

We know how Tuberculosis is spread and what causes it now. Dry air, or any kind of air, didn't kill the bacteria, but that didn't stop doctors from endorsing it.

These sanitariums must have been dangerous for the noninfected. I imagine many nurses and doctors would have caught the disease.

But did people heal there? Was there a large contingent of people that emerged from them and endorsed their treatment as effective?

How did they end up becoming the phenomenon that they did if they were just places people went to die?

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The Death Of Seneca.
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"All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way." ~ Seneca
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β€œI cannot boast that I waste nothing, but I can at least tell you what I am wasting, and the cause and manner of the loss; I can give you the reasons why I am a poor man.” -Seneca

I love this quote. I love this idea. I’m no sage, I don’t know everything. When I offer advice to someone, I try to remember this. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about recognizing your imperfections and trying to be conscious of them, to try to avoid letting them have negative effects on your welfare

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Can someone ELI5 the Cayuga Nation situation in Seneca Falls? 13wham.com/news/local/una…
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Seneca [896x562]
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β€œTrue happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon their future.” - Seneca
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Having been caught in the rat race, this is a paragraph I read almost daily to calm myself down and try and focus on the things that matter. Book - Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
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" Perhaps the worst will happen, perhaps not, until then, look forward to better things"--Seneca
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View of Seneca Rocks area after climbing Bear's Delight on the North Peak.
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Seneca on the firmness of the wise man
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Chinese electronics company Xiaomi donates tens of thousands of face masks to Italy. Shipment crates feature quotes from Roman philosopher Seneca "We are waves of the same sea". newsweek.com/chinese-comp…
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"When you have lost one of those dearest to you, to suffer endless grief is foolish indulgence; to suffer none, inhuman hardness. The best middle course between devotion and reason is to feel a sense of loss and to subdue it." ~ Seneca
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β€œEveryone prefers belief to the exercise of judgement.”-Seneca

β€œEveryone prefers belief to the exercise of judgement.”-Seneca

We believe today will be the worst day of our life. We believe that we cannot endure this moment. We believe we have failed, and there’s no point in trying. But, our beliefs in times of great emotional turmoil tend to betray the reality of the situation. Time is going to continue to move forward, the world will keep spinning, and unless you are on the ground truly about to meet your maker you will continue to live.

If we view the world through exercising sound judgement, we find not only the best way forward, but also the most advantages. The basic tenets of Stoicism teach us that through wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance we can live a life not free of unfounded beliefs, but better able to navigate through them with sound judgement.

Whatever your lot in life you have a choice of how your response. And, doing so with sound judgment and not emotionally charged beliefs as to how things should go can make all of the difference in the world.

Blog post: https://discipula.blog/2020/02/07/sound-judgement-belief/

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Chinese electronics company Xiaomi donates tens of thousands of masks to Italy, and quotes Seneca: "We are waves of the same sea, leaves of the same tree, flowers of the same garden".

Post from r/Coronavirus that I thought you all would appreciate.

https://it.mashable.com/coronavirus/2275/xiaomi-dona-migliaia-di-mascherine-allitalia

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The baby snow leopard at Seneca Park Zoo has been named Silver!
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β€œThe most important contribution to peace of mind is never to do wrong. Those who lack self-control lead disturbed and tumultuous lives; their crimes are balanced by their fears, and they are never at ease.” - Seneca
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"Yet the greatest waste of life lies in postponement: it robs us of each day in turn, and snatches away the present by promising the future. The greatest impediment to living is expectancy, which relies on tomorrow and wastes today." -Seneca
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Getting Comfortable with Being Physically Uncomfortable β€œSet aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with coarse and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: β€œIs this the condition that I feared?” -Seneca
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'The life of many people is a fiction, polished up for exhibition. But to be constantly on guard for fear of being caught out of an assumed character is a torment.' (Seneca, On Tranquility)

A quote worth remembering in our era of social media. It's always strangely comforting to read that little has changed in human nature in two millennia, that nothing is new under the sun.

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"The success of an insult depends on the sensitivity and the indignation of the victim." - Seneca

From 'On the Constancy of the Wise Man 17.4'

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[Tape] we’re so hyped to reveal we’re kicking off the year with a compilation cassette release!! 😱 Ft Seneca B, saaaz, Tohaj, Imperial, Alcynoos & many more!! This thread has been so supportive of our playlists & events, we hope you all enjoy this tape just as much πŸ’“ (Preorder link in comments)
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β€œThe power of philosophy to blunt the blows of fate is beyond belief. No missile can settle in her body; she is well-protected and impenetrable." -- Seneca (Free book give-away)

This sub has given me so much in the past, as a thank you, I want to give away my new book The Little Book of Stoicism for free.

You find the PDF, EPUB, and the MOBI (for Kindle) on this site.

Here's the book description from the back cover:

> β€œHow Long Are You Going To Wait Before You Demand The Best For Yourself?” – Epictetus, Stoic philosopher

Where can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears and struggles? How do we deal with the death of a loved one? And what about those reoccurring depressing thoughts?

While traditional schooling doesn’t address such questions, it’s exactly what ancient schools of philosophy were all about: They taught you how to live. Even though these schools don’t exist anymore, you and I and most people are in as much need of a philosophy that guides us through life as we ever were.

This compelling, highly actionable guide shows you how to deal more effectively with whatever life throws at you and how to live up to your best self.

A mix of timeless wisdom and empowering advice, The Little Book of Stoicism will point the way to anyone seeking a calm and wise life in a chaotic world.

The Little Book of Stoicism will teach you:

β€’ A new approach that helps you understand this popular philosophy

β€’ The simplest strategy to boost your self-confidence

β€’ How to not let others push your buttons

β€’ 55 practices to translate the wisdom from book page to action

And much, much more.

> β€œStoicism can help you to become a better, kinder person. In helping you to become less emotionally reactive, it helps you to better resolve conflict.” – Tim Ferriss, bestselling author & modern Stoic


Thanks you, fellow r/stoicism reader.

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Found a Yorkshire puppy on my porch. Walker Lakes near Shauna May Seneca school. Reach out if he is yours!
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Virginia RB Seneca Milledge has entered the transfer portal

Saw most of his action as a kick returner, totaling 206 KR yards on 8 returns. Is the third Virginia RB to leave the team this offseason, following PK Kier and Lamont Atkins

Source

Made with the /r/CFB Recruiting Post Generator

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"I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good." β€” Seneca
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If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person. -Seneca
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β€œIf you wish to set a value on yourself, put away your money, your estates, your honours, and look into your own soul. At present, you are taking the word of others for what you are.” - Seneca
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β€œWe are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? There are no limits to our greed, none to our cruelty.” - Seneca
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β€œThe man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”- Seneca

Most may be wondering why someone would practice negative visualizations. I believe the quote above answers this question in the most concise and impactful way.

When the topic of visualization comes up, it usually has a positive connotation. Most mainstream information involves exercises that require you to imagine you have the perfect life, maybe that new job or better car, maybe you’re on a warm beach with a coconut in your hand. Those visualizations make you feel warm and fuzzy, but they also fill you with a sense of hope. And that, to me, is where the benefit lies. It give you the sense of hope in order for you to believe that these changes actually can happen.

A very useful tool in a world that’s constantly barraging you with messages of civil unrest, political corruption, war, and over all somber view of the future. However negative visualization on a smaller scale, one proportional to your life, can be extremely insightful. Imagine a meeting you’ve been prepping a month for and only positively visualizing about, begins to go sour. You’re slides are jumbled and you have to take a few moments to find your place. In the first moment that things don’t go as planned, your heart starts thudding and the sweat starts pouring.

Rewind to those visualizations. Now imagine you had split your visualization sessions between negative and positive. You would’ve already imagined this happening and created a way to solve it. You wouldn’t start to hyperventilate, but you’d remain calm, composed and roll with the punches.

What are your thoughts on negative visualizations?

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Tomorrow you wake up to find yourself in the year 2005. You are your younger self at this period in time, but you have all the knowledge of the skills you learned as well as the events that happen over the next decade and a half. What is your course of action?
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I climbed to the top of Seneca Rocks to make my CAMP there

Hi all! I'm here to talk about my new base. I know it is not the most decorated one (I'm only level 30), but I'm damn proud of its location. I had to spend nearly 500 caps just to get to the top of Seneca Rocks. Once there, after breaking my legs like 4 times I could finally build my camp. The hardest part was to find the spawnpoint for when I fast travel to the camp, I had put a floor so I stop breaking my legs or dying.

Funny thing is, when I look to the right, someone had already made a big freaking red building on the other mountain peak. I had to restart the game because of a small bug and his building wasn`t there anymore.

Anyway, here are some pictures (the best thing are the views): https://imgur.com/a/y1pyL4P, my graphics card is old so the graphics aren't at its max.

I will continue to upgrade my place as much as I can! I love it up here (I hate the blurr, I have to look at the views using the photo mode to get rid of it).

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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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