@aurelius_v1: In the 1st century AD, a disabled slave in Rome was subjected to the absolute cruelty of a brutal master who eventually deliberately broke his leg, leaving him to walk with a crutch for the rest of his life. Seemingly powerless and stripped of all physical freedom, Epictetus possessed something his masters could never touch: an unbreakable mind. Instead of drowning in resentment or cursing his tragic fate, he realized that external circumstances have no power over the human soul. After gaining his freedom and becoming one of the most revered Stoic teachers in history, he looked back at his lifetime of physical suffering and delivered a timeless truth on human resilience: "It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." He understood that you cannot always control the chaos, the pain, or the unfairness that the world throws at you. However, you possess absolute sovereignty over how you choose to process it. To Epictetus, suffering doesn't come from the events themselves, but from the narrative you build around them. True freedom isn't the absence of hardship; it is the mental fortress you build so that no external event can ever break your inner peace. #History #epictetus #philosophy #quotes #mindset

ck. :

"success is fact, defeat is rumour"

Remmy :

how this got me moving

Unknown • Gaming :

well hes speaking truth you can't stop what happens to you but you can handle what happens afterwards and how you handle what happened to you I mean if someone tries to kill you or almost succeeded how will you handle that well you can be depressed about it but you can't blame yourself for it or like I could have done more nah bru you done all you can do and your letting the killer or who ever wins by being sad because that means they destroyed your soul your mental yeah destroyed your body or something but once you let them destroy your soul your mental your being than nah bru they destroyed you they won so remember they can break your bones whatever relationships or whatever or however life tries to treat you never let people break your spirit or life or whatever everything is hard so by breaking yourself your only making it harder and if you die early later old age doesn't matter all you know is you lived to your fullest and with pride and with an unbreakable spirit even in front of death smiling with love for yourself ❤️🫡always love yourself now matter what

Vornex ❄ :

I'm causing a Madness I'm fking the baddest 🗣

Steeven :

peak

𝑺𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝑷 :

song name 🙏

Madi :

PRINGLE 👾 :

this hits

aizen :

dubz

fw.Okabe(shadow ban warrior) :

JOHNSON :

Steeven :

︎Nitzz :

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Mr. Larper :

"A man does not leave because he has nothing left to say, but because the ears before him have already closed." -Mr. Larper

𝓝𝓮𝔃𝓾𝓴𝓸 🤍 :

It was that bihhh fault. AND YES I'm getting my lick back for her cheating But why would I stop at one cause I need vengeance

Dorothy Kumo :

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