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112 – Anger Always Outlasts Hurt

Apr 30, 2018

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in Anger, Awareness, Challenges, Coffee Break

“How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite…

111 – One Tongue, Two Ears

Apr 29, 2018

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Erick

in Awareness, Coffee Break

“Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.” — Epictetus Transcript Epictetus was known for his clever wit and pithy sayings, and here he’s giving us some very good advice of how we should handle ourselves in any social situation. We’ve all been…

108 – Opinion Of The Self

Apr 26, 2018

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Erick

in Awareness, Coffee Break, Control

“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 opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.” — Marcus Aurelius Photo by Sergiu Vălenaș on Unsplash