Quote of the day

From Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler

The only way to really injure a Stoic would be to damage his virtue, goodness, or character.

 To illustrate persistence, Seneca uses the example of someone at the Olympic games who wears out an opponent through sheer patience. (The Latin  word patientia means "endurance.") Similarly, in terms of mental endurance, the wise person, through long training, acquires the patience to wear out, or simply ignore, any attack on his character.