THE BEAT GOES ON

DIGNITY AND BRAVERY “

DON'T SELL YOURSELF TOO CHEAPLY

SPENDTHRIFTS OF TIME 

DON'T HIDE FROM YOUR FEELINGS

"It's better to conquer grief than to deceive it." —SENECA

THE CARDS WE'RE DEALT

"Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what's left as a bonus and live it according to nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?" —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7-56—57

THE SWORD DANGLES OVER YOU 

"Don't behave as if you are destined to live forever. What's fated hangs over you. As long as you live and while you can,  become good now. "

HE BENEFITS OF SOBERING THOUGHTS

"Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible—by doing so, you will never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire."  EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 21

YOU DON'T OWN THAT

"Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person's own—but those things that can't be blocked aretheir own."  —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24-3

THE PHILOSOPHER AS AN ARTISAN OF LIFE AND DEATH

"Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possession. To do so would be beyond its field. As wood is to the carpenter, bronze to the sculptor, so our own lives are the proper material in the art of living."

—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.15.2