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PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
Classic Stoic Quotes
Choose not to be harmedand you wont feel harmed Dont feel harmedand you havent
been Marcus Aurelius
What ought one to say then as each hardship comes was practicing for this was training
for this Epictetus
The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths Remain steadfast and one day
you will build something that endures something worthy of your potential Epictetus
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you remember to turn to yourself and inquire
what power you have for turning it to use Epictetus
Here is a rule to remember in future when anything tempts you to feel bitter not This is
misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune Marcus Aurelius
You dont have to turn this into something It doesnt have to upset you Marcus Aurelius
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality You want to live but do you know how to
live You are scared of dying but tell me is the kind of life you lead really any different to being
dead Seneca
It is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor Seneca
The chief task in life is simply this to identify and separate matters so that can say clearly to
myself which are externals not under my control and which have to do with the choices
actually control Where then do look for good and evil Not to uncontrollable externals but
within myself to the choices that are my own Epictetus
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts Marcus Aurelius
Constant misfortune brings this one blessing to whom it always assails it eventually fortifies
Seneca
lf you are pained by any external thing it is not this thing that disturbs you but your own
judgment about it Marcus Aurelius
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not but reckon up the chief of the blessings
you do possess and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were
not yours Marcus Aurelius
Chapter Think Peacefully
Classic Quotes from the Buddha
We are shaped by our thoughts we become what we think When the mind is pure
joy follows like a shadow that never leaves
If you light a lamp for somebody it will also brighten your path
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear
Pain is certain suffering is optional
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be
shortened Happiness never decreases by being shared
It is a mans own mind not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways
We are shaped by our thoughts we become what we think When the mind is pure
joy follows like a shadow that never leaves
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind and there is nothing so obedient as a
disciplined mind
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past worry about the
future or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly
To keep the body in good health is a dutyotherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind
strong and clear
f the problem can be solved why worry If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you
no good
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again but is he peaceful loving and
fearless then he is in truth called wise
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else
you are the one who gets burned
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
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