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"The Majesty of Calmness" by William George Jordan is a classic book first published in 1898. It delves into the concept of calmness as a profound and majestic characteristic that individuals can cultivate within themselves.

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Chapter 1 Majesty of Calmness - 0:00
Chapter 2 Hurry the Scourge of America - 7:45
Chapter 3 The Power of Personal Influence - 16:51
Chapter 4 The Dignity of Self-Reliance - 25:47
Chapter 5 Failure As a Success - 36:08
Chapter 6 Doing Our Best At All Times - 47:27
Chapter 7 The Royal Road to Happiness - 1:01:40

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The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
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Notes:
“For men cease to possess all things the moment they desire all things for their own”.
“For them ruling was a service, not an exercise of royalty”
“A thatched roof once covered free men; under marble and gold dwells slavery.”
“it is we that have made everything difficult for ourselves, through our disdain for what is easy”
“it has now come to this – that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.”
“In these days, however, our houses constitute a large portion of our dread”
“For nature does not bestow virtue; it is an art to become good.”

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The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/
(These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)

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“For over-analysis is faulty in precisely the same way as no
analysis at all”
“Wisdom is the perfect good of the human mind; philosophy is the
love of wisdom, and the endeavour to attain it”
“[People have referred to philosophy as] a study of the way to
amend the mind”
“For over-analysis is faulty in precisely the same way as no
analysis at all;”
“If any of these three be defective (value, impulse, action], there is
confusion in the rest also. For what benefit is there in having all
things appraised, each in its proper relations, if you go to excess in
your impulses? What benefit is there in having checked your
impulses [and desires], if when you come to action you [do not
know] how each action should be carried out?...Hence life is in
harmony with itself only when action has not deserted impulse,
and when impulse toward an object arises in each case from the
worth of the object...”
“Hence life is in
harmony with itself only when action has not
deserted impulse,
and when impulse toward an object arises in
each case from the
worth of the object”

Seneca's Dialogues 6 - Of Consolation to Marcia
Marcia actively mourned the death of her son Metilius for over three years. In his consolation, Seneca attempts to convince her that the fate of her son, while tragic, should not have been a surprise. She knew many other mothers who had lost their sons; why should she expect her own son to survive her? The acknowledgement, even expectation, of the worst of all possible outcomes is a tenet of Seneca's Stoic philosophy. While Seneca sympathised with Marcia, he reminded her that "we are born into a world of things which are all destined to die," and that if she could accept that no one is guaranteed a just life (that is, one in which sons always outlive their mothers), she could finally end her mourning and live the rest of her life in peace.

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Timings:
1 - 0:13
2 - 6:28
3 - 9:59
4 - 13:36
5 - 15:55
6 - 18:35
7 - 20:17
8 - 22:39
9 - 23:57
10 - 27:04
11 - 31:03
12 - 34:48
13 - 39:52
14 - 42:39
15 - 44:46
16 - 46:53
17 - 52:29
18 - 57:17
19 - 1:02:26
20 - 1:06:47
21 - 1:11:42
22 - 1:16:00
23 - 1:22:18
24 - 1:25:12
25 - 1:28:50
26 - 1:31:15

The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
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“It is better, however, to get no return than to confer no benefits.”
“In order to discover one grateful person, it is worthwhile to make
trial of many ungrateful ones”
“we weigh not the bulk of the gift, but the quality of the good-will
which prompted it.”
“I reckon a benefit at a higher rate than an injury”
“…anyone who receives a benefit more gladly than he repays it is
mistaken”
“A man is an ingrate if he repays a favour without interest.
Therefore, interest also should be allowed for, when you compare
your receipts and your expenses.”
“We should try by all means to be as grateful as possible. For
gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a sense in which justice,
that is commonly supposed to concern other persons, is not;
gratitude returns in large measure unto itself. There is not a man
who, when he has benefited his neighbour, has not benefited
himself, – I do not mean for the reason that he whom you have aided
will desire to aid you…but that the reward for all the virtues lies in
the virtues themselves”

“Let us therefore avoid being ungrateful, not for the sake of
others but for our own sakes. When we do wrong, only the least
and lightest portion of it flows back upon our neighbour; the
worst and, if I may use the term, the densest portion of it stays at
ho..

This is my own summary of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
I’ve taken nearly every point he made, reordered and then summarised them. If you're new to the book this provides a good idea of what he says in a much shorter, easier to understand form. I've done my best not to add anything myself except for where I'm explaining his point.
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1: When you Encounter Unkindness - 1:10
2. Everything Depends on How You Interpret it - 3:00
3. Your Mind Should Sit Superior to Your Body and its Sensations - 4:27
4. Stay Mindful and Take Deliberate Actions - 6:00
5. Don’t Retreat from the World - 7:02
6. Your Opinion of Yourself Matters More Than the Opinion of a Stranger - 8:20
7. Be Open to Correction - 9:39
8. Cherish the Freedom and Liberty of Everyone - 10:17
9. Have Some Self Respect - 11:43
10. Avoid Complaining - 12:35
11. The Obstacle is the Way - 12:57
12. Adversity is Part of Nature - 14:29
13. It’s Through Adversity That We Get Stronger - 15:46
14. Everything has happened before - 16:25
15. Stay Practical and Deal with What’s in Front of You - 17:57
16. Focus on Doing What is Right and be Prepared to Face Resistance - 19:32
17. Do Your Duty and Despise Cowardice - 21:13
18. Life is Short and Death Comes to us All, That Means the Time for Action is Now - 22:10
19. Practice Getting Back on Track - 24:33
20. Look Beneath to See Things for What They Truly Are - 26:05
21. Recognize Material Wealth is Neither a Good nor an Evil - 27:24
22. Express Gratitude - 28:54

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Notes:
“How many men, I say to myself, train their bodies, and how few train their minds!”
“if the body can be trained to such a degree of endurance that it will stand the blows and kicks of several opponents at once…how much more easily might the mind be toughened so that it could receive the blows of Fortune and not be conquered?”
“…you can acquire virtue without equipment and without expense. All that goes to make you a good man lies within yourself.”
“If you wish to set a value on yourself, put away your money, your estates, your honours, and look into your own soul. At present, you are taking the word of others for what you are.”

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Notes:
“Fame is the shadow of virtue; it will attend virtue even against her will”
“Virtue has never failed to reward a man, both during his life and after his death, provided he has followed her loyally, provided he has not decked himself out or painted himself up, but has been always the same, whether he appeared before men's eyes after being announced, or suddenly and without preparation.”
“Pretence accomplishes nothing. Few are deceived by a mask that is easily drawn over the face”.

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Moral letters to Lucilius
The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.
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Notes:
“Nothing, my excellent Lucilius, refreshes and aids a sick man so much as the affection of his friends”
“There is no sorrow in the world, when we have escaped from the fear of death”
“a vision of dying has been many a man's salvation”
“Therefore a high-minded and sensible man divorces soul from body, and dwells much with the better or divine part, and only as far as he must with this complaining and frail portion”
“there is no bitterness in doing without that which you have ceased to desire.”
“Pain is slight if opinion has added nothing to it…in thinking it slight, you will make it slight.”
“Everything depends on opinion; ambition, luxury, greed, hark back to opinion. It is according to opinion that we suffer.”
“A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself that he is. I hold that we should do away with complaint about past sufferings”
“What benefit is there in reviewi..

Scott Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like himself—among them Ben Franklin, Judit Polgar, and Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymaths like Nigel Richards who won the World Championship of French Scrabble—without knowing French.

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1:49 - Metalearning
2:18 - Focus
2:38 - Directness
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The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.
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Sun Tzu’s book, The Art of War, earned him an audience with the King of Wu, who said, “I have thoroughly read your thirteen chapters. May I submit your theory of managing soldiers to a small test?”

Sun Tzu replied, “Sir, you may.”

The King of Wu asked, “Can the test be applied to women?” Sun Tzu replied that it could, so arrangements were made to bring 180 beautiful women from the palace. Sun Tzu divided them into two companies with one of the King’s favorite concubines at the head of each. He then made all of them take spears in their hands and spoke to them: “I presume you know the difference between front and back, right hand, and left hand?”

The women replied, “Yes.”

Sun Tzu continued, “When to the sound of drums I order ‘eyes front,’ look straight ahead. When I order ‘left turn,’ face toward your left hand. When I order ‘right turn,’ face toward your right hand. When I order ‘about turn,’ face around to the back.”

After the words of command had been explained, the women agreed they understood. He gave them spears so he could begin the drill. To the sound of drums, Sun Tzu ordered “right turn.”

In response, the women burst out in laughter.

With great patience, Sun Tzu said, “If the instructions and words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.” He then repeated the explanations several times. This time he ordered the drums to signal “left turn,” and again the women burst into laughter.

Then Sun Tzu said, “If the instructions and words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if commands are clear and the soldiers disobey, then it is the fault of the officers.” He immediately ordered the women who were at the head of the two companies to be beheaded.

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The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. The work is composed of 13 chapters, each devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500 years it was the lead text in an anthology that would be formalised as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.

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Moral letters to Lucilius
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The Notes I Took:
“…untested power is untrustworthy, whereas that solidity which hurls back all attacks is deservedly regarded as the most trustworthy of all”

“‘it would be better,’ say you, ‘if no one [treated the wise man badly].’ You are expressing a wish that the whole human race were inoffensive, which may hardly be”

“such is the weakness of men's minds, that many think that there is nothing more bitter than insult”

“wisdom leaves no room for evil; to it, the only evil is baseness, which cannot enter into the place already occupied by virtue and honour. If, therefore, there can be no injury without evil, and no evil without baseness, and baseness cannot find any place with a man who is already filled with honour, it follows that no injury can reach the wise man”

“the wise man can lose nothing. He has invested everything in himself, has entrusted nothing to fortune, has his property in safety, and is content with virtue, which does not need casual accessories, and therefore can neither be increased or diminished”

“fortune does not give virtue; therefore she does not take it away. Virtue is free”

“The wise man therefore can lose nothing of whose loss he will be sensible, for he is the property of virtue alone, from whom he never can be taken away. He enjoys all other things at the good pleasure of fortune; but who is grieved at the loss of what is not his own?”

“What was being plundered and carried away hither and thither he did not consider to be his own, but to be merely things which come and go..

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Moral letters to Lucilius
The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.
Translated by Richard Mott Gummere: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance..

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This is a parody of Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius which I have also recorded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a5jDHyXXDw&list=PLzKrfPkpj5om1kEBj7c80cwjJ1JS78FL7

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Moral letters to Lucilius
The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.
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Moral letters to Lucilius
The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/
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“As often as you wish to know what is to be avoided or what is to be sought, consider its relation to the Supreme Good, to the purpose of your whole life.”
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.”
“[a simple life, work, diligence, study]: These actions are not essentially difficult; it is we ourselves that are soft and flabby.”
“We must pass judgment concerning great matters with greatness of soul; otherwise, that which is really our fault will seem to be their fault”
“the wise man will tremble, will feel pain, will turn pale, For all these are sensations of the body”
"Virtue is the only good; at any rate there is no good without virtue; and virtue itself is situated in our nobler part, that is, the rational part."

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For anyone who has found a philosophical home in Stoicism, but still struggles to integrate the ancient lessons into their day-to-day life, this might be the book for you. Practical Stoicism is a collection of short essays to help bridge the gap between the essential teachings of the great stoic philosophers and the things we must do, in the here and now, to achieve the fulfilment they promised.
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Moral letters to Lucilius
The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/
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Notes:
“Shall I reflect that Fortune has all power over one who lives, rather than reflect that she has no power over one who knows how to die?”
“No general statement can be made, therefore, with regard to the question whether, when a power beyond our control threatens us with death, we should anticipate death, or await it. For there are many arguments to pull us in either direction. If one death is accompanied by torture, and the other is simple and easy, why not snatch the latter?”
“Would you be free from the restraint of your body? Live in it as if you were about to leave it. Keep thinking of the fact that some day you will be deprived of this tenure; then you will be more brave against the necessity of departing”
“…the foulest death is preferable to the fairest slavery”

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The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years.

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“…frequent flitting means an unsteady spirit. And the spirit cannot through retirement grow into unity unless it has ceased from its inquisitiveness and its wanderings.”
“…the remedies which are most helpful are those which are not interrupted.”
“…he who would lay aside his desire for all the things which he used to crave so passionately, must turn away both eyes and ears from the objects which he has abandoned.”
“No one dies except on his own day. You are throwing away none of your own time; for what you leave behind does not belong to you.”

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Of Leisure: a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional, purposeful life.
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“with leisure we can carry out that which we have once for all decided to be best, when there is no one to interfere with us and with the help of the mob pervert our as yet feeble judgment”

“…the worst of our various ills is that we change our very vices, and so we have not even the advantage of dealing with a well-known form of evil: we take pleasure first in one and then in another, and are, besides, troubled by the fact that our opinions are not only wrong, but lightly formed; we toss as it were on waves, and clutch at one thing after another: we let go what we just now sought for, and strive to recover what we have let go. We oscillate between desire and remorse, for we depend entirely upon the opinions of others, and it is that which many..