- “Against our will, our souls are cut off from truth.”
Truth, yes, and justice, self-control, kindness...Important to keep this in mind. It will make you more
patient with other people.
- For times when you feel pain:
See that it doesn’t disgrace you, or degrade your
intelligence—doesn’t keep it from acting rationally or
unselfishly.
And in most cases what Epicurus said should help: that
pain is neither unbearable nor unending, as long as you keep
in mind its limits and don’t magnify them in your imagination.
And keep in mind too that pain often comes in disguise—
as drowsiness, fever, loss of appetite.... When you’re
bothered by things like that, remind yourself: “I’m giving in
to pain.”
- Take care that you don’t treat inhumanity as it treats
human beings. - How do we know that Telauges wasn’t a better man than
Socrates?
It’s not enough to ask whether Socrates’ death was nobler,