Reaction is the enemy of creation. Creation requires deep sustained focus. This focus is under constant attack by "notifications" that encourage you to respond to unending false emergencies. Protect your attention and direct it to where it is most valuable.

The Stoic Emperor

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Not everything requires a response.

The Stoic Emperor

When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep on going back to it.

Marcus Aurelius

It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them... It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

Nobody learns what he can do except by trying.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.

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