Author
William B. Irvine
Genre
Philosophy
Last Read
August 28, 2023
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“To someone who has not lost his capacity for joy, the world is a wonderful place. One reason children are capable of joy is because they take almost nothing for granted.”
“Thus, when we feel ourselves getting angry about something, we should pause to consider its cosmic (in)significance. Doing this might enable us to nip our anger in the bud.”
“Anger, says Seneca, is “brief insanity,” and the damage done by anger is enormous: “No plague has cost the human race more.”
“He adds that if we detect anger and hatred within us and wish to seek revenge, one of the best forms of revenge on another person is to refuse to be like him.”
“According to Seneca, “A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself that he is.”
“The Stoics pointed to two principal sources of human unhappiness—our insatiability and our tendency to worry about things beyond our control”
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