Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book 2
Presence
5 quotes on presence from the Stoic tradition.
Objective judgment, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance—now, at this very moment—of all external events. That’s all you need.
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book 9
The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today.
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter 9
The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter 9
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter 16