Words of Wisdom

Well-being is realized by small steps, but it is truly no small thing.

Zeno of Citium, quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers 7.26

Every day, strengthen yourself against poverty, death and other life's miseries; and from the many thoughts, choose one to absorb that day.

Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 2.4, own translation and/or interpretation from Latin

Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world. The disarray. I choose to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days. A purpose.

Dolores Abernathy, Westworld, Season 1, Episode 1, “The Original” (2016)

The past is written, but the future is left for us to write. We have powerful tools: openness, optimism, and the spirit of curiosity.

Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Picard, Season 1, Episode 8, “Broken Pieces” (2020)

Humans are not troubled by what happens, but by their own convictions.

Epictetus, Enchiridion 5.1, own translation and/or interpretation from Greek