David J

About David J

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
--Marcus Aurelius ➡ more

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
--Marcus Aurelius

Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today?  What virtue did I acquire?
--Seneca

There are more things that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
--Seneca

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
--Seneca

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
--Marcus Aurelius

Marine veteran, student of history, intellectually curious, student of stoicism, giver, serving others.