Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.      [17] Credulity is the source of most evil. Often you should refuse to even listen, for being deceived is better than being...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.      [16]  [T]he cause of anger is the sense of having been wronged; but one ought not to trust this sense. Don’t make your...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.      [15] Let childhood be kept far away from flattery; let it hear the truth. Let it feel fear now and then, respect always, and...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.    [12] To get angry on behalf of one’s kin is the mark of a weak mind, not a loyal one. It is this that is noble and...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.  [11]   It is best to repel instantly the very first prickings of anger, to stamp out its very seedlings, to take pains not to be...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.  [10] [S]ome men think it valuable to moderate anger rather than set it aside, for force it to conform to a healthy measure and...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.   [9] [T]o understand that those in the grips of anger are not sane, look at how they present themselves. For just as madness...

  Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.   [7] It [i.e. anger] rushes to arms and greedily seeks a vengeance that will only drag the avenger down with it.  [8] Some wise...

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm. [6] [A Stoic’s Daily Zen-like Self-Review] Seneca, to judge by his self-presentation in his writings, was a self-reflective...

#37: Wisdom Quotes Below are quotes that resonate, from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘A Calendar Of Wisdom’.       [1] Wisdom is the knowledge of the application of eternal truths to life. – Tolstoy [2] A scholar knows many thing, but for most part things of an unnecessary and...