Stoicism
On the Shortness of Life: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
Life is long if you use it
Life isn't short; we waste much of it.
Used well, it is long enough for great things.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Busyness steals life
People fill days with obligations and ambition and postpone living until retirement, which may never come.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Protect your time from others
We let people claim our hours freely.
Treat your time as more precious than property.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Live in the present
Planning endlessly for the future means losing today.
Seize the day you have.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Learn from the past
Studying the wise lets you borrow centuries of experience.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Retirement starts now
Don't wait for old age to do what matters.
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