![]() You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." No one can lose the past or the future, for if they don't belong to you, how can they be taken from you?” The present moment is shared by all living creatures, but the time that is past is gone forever. So the longest and the shortest lives are the same. “ Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one you have, and there will be no other life after it. ![]() “The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.” A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.” The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. “ True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. “Every man's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.” The Stoics were all too aware that the only thing we really have in our lives is the present moment, so we should put our attention there and use it well. One of the reasons that Stoicism has gained popularity in recent years is that it has helped countless people let go of their worry and anxiety about the past and future and focus on the here and now. ![]() Stoicism as a Practical Guide to Life Stoic Quotes on Living in the Present ![]()
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