Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination.
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- the heart and the mindThe human condition is ruled by this tension between the heart and the mind, between emotion and reason, between the incessant waves of our thoughts and the tugging tides of our intentions.
- to be like the rock that the waves keep crashing overThis life is wayward, unfair, and often miserable. How can we maintain composure?
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